{"id":1254,"date":"2018-04-06T19:15:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T19:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2018-04-06T19:15:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T19:15:39","slug":"alibaba-and-ford-opened-chinas-first-car-vending-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/alibaba-and-ford-opened-chinas-first-car-vending-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba And Ford Opened China&#8217;s First Car Vending Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/450px-Ticket_vending_machine_in_Barcelona.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1246\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/450px-Ticket_vending_machine_in_Barcelona-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/450px-Ticket_vending_machine_in_Barcelona-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/450px-Ticket_vending_machine_in_Barcelona.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and US carmaker Ford open a car vending machine in China\u2019s southern city of Guangzhou.<br \/>\nThe five-story building offers up to 42 cars of various models, including the Ford Explorer SUV and the Mustang. The potential buyers are able to see, test drive and purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\">the vehicles<\/a> via Alibaba&#8217;s online shopping platform T-Mall.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the first car vending machine in China and will be open to the public from April 23. All customers will be given a three-day test drive before they commit to any purchase.<\/p>\n<p>After months of planning, Alibaba in partnership with Ford opened the country&#8217;s first car vending machine in the city of Guangzhou. The company is already planning a second vending machine to be opened in Beijing, and a third one in Hangzhou.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Chinese e-commerce giant wasn&#8217;t the first company to open a car vending machine. In May 2017, a Singaporean entrepreneur transformed a 15-story building Autobahn building in Singapore into a giant dispenser stocked with luxury vehicles, including Bentleys, Ferraris, and Lamborghinis, and is the largest vending machine in the world.<\/p>\n<p>American used-car dealer Carvana has opened eight vending machines across the country \u2013 in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Nashville, and Raleigh, and two in Florida, Jacksonville, and Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>The car vending machines are similar to the modern snack machine. Customers on the ground floor choose from a touch screen display which vehicle they wish to see. The selected car arrives within a few minutes, traveling on a moving platform.<\/p>\n<p>The car vending machines could provide a solution to overcrowding in some of the rapidly expanding cities in the world, and provide increased parking spaces where it is needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and US carmaker Ford open a car vending machine in China\u2019s southern city of Guangzhou. The five-story building offers up to 42 cars of various models, including the Ford Explorer SUV and the Mustang. 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