Finally, automated electricity meter readers and truck fleet tracking devices will need to be upgraded.

最终，自动化电量读卡器和卡车快速跟踪设备都需要更新。

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Energy companies welcomed the switch, which will reduce their running costs by making meter readers obsolete and eliminating the customer service time spent on dealing with estimated bills.

能源公司欢迎转用智能表，因为智能表无需抄表员，也无需顾客花费时间处理估算账单，从而能够削减他们的运营成本。

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According to Sherman, Times execs have settled on the meter, which will allow readers to view a certain amount of stories for free.

据舍曼透露，时报高层已经将计量系统安置完毕，它将允许读者免费浏览特定数目的报道。

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Nearly all of the 972 meter readers in Southern California Edison's territory accepted retirement packages or were transferred within the company, says Pat Lavin of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

NPR: Practically Human: Can Smart Machines Do Your Job?

Like cities around the U.S., Santa Clara's electric meters are being systematically replaced, house by house, with high tech ones, eliminating the need for meter readers to manually check each one every month but raising concerns about health effects, privacy and cost.

NPR: Calif. City Gets Free Wi-Fi Via High Tech Meters

The Financial Times (part-owner of The Economist) keeps readers on a meter, by charging those who look at more than ten articles a month online.

ECONOMIST: Charging for newspapers online