SHANGHAI, April 19 (Reuters) - Dongfeng Motor Group , China's No. 2 automaker, plans to launch its first electric cars in China next year and is targeting to sell 100,000 of such cars by 2015, a top executive said on Tuesday.
Zhu Fushou, president of Dongfeng Motor Group, told Reuters on the sidelines at the Shanghai auto show.
Dongfeng and Japan's Nissan Motor Co operate one of the most successful ventures in China, called Dongfeng Motor Co, selling passenger cars under the Nissan brand and commercial vehicles under the Dongfeng nameplate.
It also has vehicle manufacturing ventures with Honda Motor Co Ltd and PSA Peugeot-Citroen Group . (Reporting by Alison Leung; writing by Fayen Wong; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)