BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. is in talks with e-commerce company Alibaba Group about selling its cars on Taobao.com, Alibaba's online shopping site, and aims to start the sales early next year, Geely spokesman Victor Yang said Monday.
Alibaba Group spokesman John Spelich declined to comment.
Xinhua News Agency on Sunday cited Geely, which last month completed a US$1.8 billion acquisition of Volvo Cars from Ford Motor Co., as saying it would launch a version of its Geely Panda vehicle that will only be available online as part of an online sales push.
Geely's listed unit is Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (GELYY) and Alibaba's is Alibaba.com Ltd. (1688.HK).
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BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. is in talks with e-commerce company Alibaba Group about selling its cars on Taobao.com, Alibaba's online shopping site, and aims to start the sales early next year, Geely spokesman Victor Yang said Monday.
Alibaba Group spokesman John Spelich declined to comment.
Xinhua News Agency on Sunday cited Geely, which last month completed a US$1.8 billion acquisition of Volvo Cars from Ford Motor Co., as saying it would launch a version of its Geely Panda vehicle that will only be available online as part of an online sales push.
Geely's listed unit is Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (GELYY) and Alibaba's is Alibaba.com Ltd. (1688.HK).
-By Owen Fletcher, Dow Jones Newswires; 8610 8400 7702; owen.fletcher@dowjones.com
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