SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s Geely Holding Group will use a factory once owned by SAIC Motor and U.S. partner General Motors in the northeastern city of Shenyang to produce clean energy vehicles, said a person with direct knowledge of the plan.

The Chinese automaker has held talks with several parties to explore the plan’s feasibility in recent months, said the person. No final decision has been made over which models or brands would be made at the plant, they added.

The person declined to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media.

Geely declined to comment on the proposal. GM and SAIC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

As one of GM’s Chinese plants equally owned with SAIC, the Shenyang Norsom factory had an annual capacity of 500,000 vehicles and was

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