HANGZHOU, CHINA — Alibaba will soon sell cars through gigantic vending machines, and give their users the opportunity to try before they buy. <br /> <br />According to CNET, customers use Alibaba's Taobao mobile app to scan a car they want to test, and are asked by the system to pick a color, enter basic information, and take a selfie. <br /> <br />At the automated car vending machine, facial recognition matches the customer with their car order, which is then dispatched from storage. <br /> <br />Customers are given three days to test-drive the vehicle, after which they can buy directly through the app, or arrange to test drive a different model. <br /> <br />The company is planning to open two facilities in January 2018, one in Shanghai and another in Nanjing. <br /> <br />The service is limited to users who have a sesame credit score of at least 700, and belong to the higher tiers of the Alibaba 88 membership program. <br /> <br />To curb abuses, users can only test a model once, with no more than five test drives within the first two months of signing up.
