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...Citi was also a leader on a $310mn loan to Sunbit, a buy-now, pay-later company that specialises in auto repair shops and dentist offices....
...So it’s some mom and pop store and they have auto repair, blah, blah, blah. It’s just two or three employees. They don’t have any computer scientists on staff....
...So basically, it’s costing a lot more to repair cars. You know, the cost of labour for car repairs is going up. It’s also taking longer....
...As a new graduate, I spent most of my time in the back office before finally being allowed on to the public floor, where the glass cases were opened and I was shown how to clean the artefacts....
...For motor services, computer vision has implementation far beyond insurance: Auto parts providers use Tractable’s scans to help them decide which salvage vehicles to buy, and rental companies use the technology...
...Britain has ‘no plan’ for crisis Industrial and chemical companies are among the heaviest energy users and for many manufacturers — such as glass and ceramics — a continuous supply of gas and electricity...
...Some of the businesses around East Williamsburg between Grand and Maujer streets are visible — like the big self-storage warehouses, meatpacking warehouses, building-supply stores and the tyre and auto-repair...
...Major things that changed my perspective were titles like Grand Theft Auto III. For the first time I could wander around in an open world and do almost anything....
...The service will be extended to other markets throughout 2022 and cover Mac computers with M1 chips. The company did not disclose how the spare parts would be priced. The U-turn is abrupt....
...As autos become more like computers with wheels, repairs are likely to become a proprietary business run by manufacturers. The need for software engineers will increase....
...Today, mechanics and technicians are equipped with laptops, iPads and advanced diagnostics computers to help them repair a faulty vehicle. The reason for this is simple....
...And I think in a way it is kind of appropriate for an emergency fund because you literally have to break the glass open to be able to withdraw the money....
...She compares the industry’s progress and technical maturity to that of “the desktop computer today, with a sightline on the mobile phone”....
...Her office looks more like a computer lab than an artist’s studio....
...The provenance was excellent, and the file was thick with invoices for servicing, repairs, upgrades and paintwork. The running costs are low and the £268 insurance great value....
...It is one of several listed Chinese clean-tech groups that have proved popular among foreign equity investors, with others including fellow electric car start-ups Nio and Li Auto....
...Related stories Beyond repair?...
...How long it will remain so is in question: family-run auto-repair shops are increasingly squeezed out by cafés pouring single-origin roasts and austere izakayas priced for the sports cars parked outside....
...Repairs for its stuck keys, which frequently became wedged in place by dust and other particles, cost some individuals hundreds of dollars....
...The company has also shipped samples to Japanese auto and electronics makers, garnering ¥20m ($180,000) in sales in 2018....
...white walls, floors, glass panels and steel-clad columns....
...Much of this growth came from Thailand’s aggressive push to become an export hub for higher-value manufacturing, especially autos and electronics....
...Disappearing into the helmet of the F-35 stealth jet is to submerge oneself in the most futuristic — and frighteningly real — of computer games....
...There is also the auto repair and service market. Combustion engines have spark plugs and oil that need changing. Electric motors do not require anything like the same amount of maintenance....
...He is plain-speaking, cultured (with a passion for classical music) and geeky (he talks knowledgeably about Deutsche’s computer code and, says a friend, once helped builders rewire his London home)....
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