Too Many Cars, Too Few Digits (Visit this link)
The auto industry's number is almost up. The 17-digit codes that identify the origin, make, model and attributes of cars, trucks, buses — even trailers — worldwide will be exhausted by the end of the decade. And like an odometer that returns to zero and starts over again, a Vehicle Identification Number — or VIN — could be duplicated.
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