Just think – you could be headed to Wal-Mart of Costco for your next electric car purchase. That’s the way industry discussions have been heading for Chinese-designed and Mexican-built vehicles.

Kathleen Ligocki, the CEO of Mexico-based GS Motors has sparked talk of Chinese electric cars being sold in big-box discount stores in the U.S., telling the Web site Hybrid Cars that she thinks the States is ready to follow Mexico’s business model. GS Motors sold 4,000 Chinese-made vehicles in Mexico last year through big-box superstores. Ligocki thinks the U.S. industry will follow Mexico’s lead in selling the vehicles through retailers such as Wal-Mart, which has made sustainability one of their priorities in the past year.

GS is reportedly building an assembly plant  with the China-based FAW Group, in Michoacan, Mexico. They have formed joint ventures with automobile giants such as Volkswagen, Toyota and Mazda, with plans to begin selling FAW’s $5,500 F1 Hatchback this year. Production from the Michoacan line is slated for 2010.