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@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Common classes used across the application.
 
 Management of cars.
 Runs on port 8082.
+Extended functionality for car module: For a given car and its component, both given by their respective IDs,
+a list of sparse components can be fetched from carComponent module. A sparse component is any component
+with the same name as the given component of the car that is not used by the car.
 
 
 ### component