New | Alibaba sells a record 100,000 vehicles online in 24 hours
Maserati’s Levante, Range Rovers and even Foton’s flatbed trucks were among the vehicles available online
What’s the quirkiest thing you can buy online in China?
Alibaba Group Holdings’ Taobao, TMall and AliExpress platforms, which together operate the world’s largest e-commerce services, now sell cosmetics and groceries, electronics, sportswear and cruise holidays.
How about a Levante luxury sports utility vehicle by Maserati, or a flatbed truck by Foton?
As many as 100,000 vehicles by dozens of makers were sold over 24 hours on Taobao and Tmall on November 11, equivalent to what 1,000 typical Chinese dealerships sell in a month, according to data by Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post.
The top seller was Chery Automobile Co. of Anhui province, which sold 13,000 sedans and compact cars on Friday.
SAIC Motor Co., the largest Chinese carmaker, sold out all 1,500 of its RX5 SUVs, equipped with Alibaba’s YunOS operating software. SAIC also made the Cadillac sedans it makes with General Motors Corp available on Tmall.
