With the idea of the datum plane linking the two shops at a higher level, the shops are actually conceived as separate and independent entities on the ground.

基准面在更高的层层连接这两个商店的概念，而在地上作为单独的实体商店。

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The fact is that a driverless car would slash hundreds of billions of dollars of annual revenue, or even trillions, from all sorts of entities: car makers, parts suppliers, car dealers, auto insurers, auto financiers, body shops, emergency rooms, health insurers, medical practices, personal-injury lawyers, government taxing authorities, road-construction companies, parking-lot operators, oil companies, owners of urban real estate, and on and on and on.

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