Smart Automobile, a joint venture of Chinese carmaker Geely and Germany’s Mercedes-Benz headquartered in Hangzhou, plans to sell China-built, Smart-badged electric vehicles in Southeast Asia, local media reported. The cars, engineered by Geely, designed by Mercedes and manufactured in a purpose-built factory in Xi’an in central China, will be imported to and distributed in Malaysia and Thailand first by Proton Holdings, the Malaysian carmaker partly owned by Geely, according to an agreement signed by Proton and Smart Automobile. Under the agreement, Proton will establish a multi-level sales... German-Chinese Smart car brand to enter Malaysia, Thailand with electric vehicles Smart Automobile,...