Cars are great until they break down, or need a service, or a roadworthy test.
Then owning one can be a bit of a headache.
Ricard Guillem knows this all too well.
The 19-year-old from Barcelona grew up in a family of auto dealers and servicers.
But nothing like this really exists for maintaining or fixing your vehicle, Guillem tells me.
That was the inspiration for Cafler.
In 2021, at just 16-years-old, Guillem co-founded the techstartupto make car ownership less of a hassle.
The driver then takes it to get serviced, repaired, washed, or refuelled.
The company can even handle the paperwork for fines or change of ownership.
Since then, the company has grown tenfold, says Guillam.
In September, the startup raised a sizeable 8mn in a funding round led by Spains Seaya Ventures.
For now we are focussed on growth, he says.
We are planning to expand to new countries in Europe and beyond very soon.
The company has also started leveraging the power of data and you guessed it AI.
Then it will ask: would you like a washing service?.
The people who service your vehicle tend to know a lot more about it than you do.
This information from your brake fluid levels to your tire tread can be used to generate predictive insights.
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Story bySion Geschwindt
Sion is a freelance science and technology reporter, specialising in climate and energy.
