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  "version": "2026.10.4",
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  "built_at": "2026-10-12T12:18:43Z",
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    "text": "Vehicle data by VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "note": "Visible credit + link is a condition of CC-BY 4.0. A commercial license (vehiclesdb.com) waives only the VehiclesDB credit; upstream register notices (ATTRIBUTION.md) always apply."
  },
  "homepage": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
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    "au",
    "ca",
    "ch",
    "de",
    "es",
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "ie",
    "il",
    "lu",
    "my",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz",
    "th",
    "ua",
    "us"
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      "models": "catalog/moped/models.json"
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    "van": {
      "makes": "catalog/van/makes.json",
      "models": "catalog/van/models.json"
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      "makes": "catalog/truck/makes.json",
      "models": "catalog/truck/models.json"
    },
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      "id": "ar_dnrpa",
      "country": "ar",
      "name": "Argentine initial car registrations (DNRPA microdata)",
      "url": "https://datos.jus.gob.ar/dataset/inscripciones-iniciales-de-autos",
      "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
      "license_url": "https://datos.gob.ar/acerca/seccion/marco-legal",
      "evidence": "registration",
      "count_window": {
        "measure": "initial car registrations in the month (DNRPA inscripciones iniciales, one row per registration)",
        "from": "2026-09",
        "to": "2026-09",
        "months": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "au_bitre",
      "country": "au",
      "name": "Australian registered road vehicles by make and model (BITRE Road Vehicles Australia)",
      "url": "https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/road-vehicles-australia-january-2025",
      "license": "CC-BY-3.0-AU",
      "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/",
      "evidence": "registration"
    },
    {
      "id": "ca_nrcan",
      "country": "ca",
      "name": "Canadian fuel consumption ratings (Natural Resources Canada)",
      "url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/98f1a129-f628-4ce4-b24d-6f16bf24dd64",
      "license": "OGL-Canada-2.0",
      "license_url": "https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada",
      "evidence": "approval"
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    {
      "id": "ch_tg",
      "country": "ch",
      "name": "Strassenverkehrsamt Kanton Thurgau — Fahrzeugbestand Kanton Thurgau am 01.01.2026",
      "url": "https://data.tg.ch/explore/dataset/djs-stv-7/",
      "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
      "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
      "evidence": "registration"
    },
    {
      "id": "de_kba_fz10",
      "country": "de",
      "name": "German new car registrations by make and model series (KBA FZ10)",
      "url": "https://www.kba.de/DE/Statistik/Produktkatalog/produkte/Fahrzeuge/fz10/fz10_gentab.html",
      "license": "DL-DE-BY-2.0",
      "license_url": "https://www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0",
      "evidence": "registration",
      "count_window": {
        "measure": "new registrations year-to-date (KBA FZ 10.1 column E, \"Jan. - <month>\")",
        "from": "2026-01",
        "to": "2026-09",
        "months": 9
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es_dgt",
      "country": "es",
      "name": "Spanish vehicle registrations (DGT microdata, MATRABA)",
      "url": "https://www.dgt.es/menusecundario/dgt-en-cifras/matraba-listados/matriculaciones-automoviles-mensual.html",
      "license": "Ley-37/2007",
      "license_url": "https://datos.gob.es/es/aviso-legal",
      "evidence": "registration",
      "count_window": {
        "measure": "new vehicle registrations in the month (DGT MATRABA monthly microdata, one row per vehicle)",
        "from": "2026-06",
        "to": "2026-08",
        "months": 3
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "fi_traficom",
      "country": "fi",
      "name": "Finnish vehicle register open data (Traficom)",
      "url": "https://tieto.traficom.fi/en/datatraficom/open-data",
      "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
      "license_url": "https://tieto.traficom.fi/en/datatraficom/open-data",
      "evidence": "registration"
    },
    {
      "id": "ie_cso",
      "country": "ie",
      "name": "Irish new private car licensing statistics (CSO table TEM20)",
      "url": "https://data.cso.ie/table/TEM20",
      "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
      "license_url": "https://www.cso.ie/en/aboutus/whoweare/copyrightpolicy/",
      "evidence": "registration",
      "count_window": {
        "measure": "new private cars licensed for the first time in the month (CSO TEM20 statistic TEM20C01; TEM20C02, the rank, is excluded)",
        "from": "2024-10",
        "to": "2026-08",
        "months": 23
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "il_mot",
      "country": "il",
      "name": "Israel Ministry of Transport — vehicle register (data.gov.il)",
      "url": "https://data.gov.il/dataset/degem-rechev-wltp",
      "license": "facts-credit-data.gov.il-terms-of-use",
      "license_url": "https://data.gov.il/he/terms-of-use",
      "evidence": "registration"
    },
    {
      "id": "lu_snca",
      "country": "lu",
      "name": "Luxembourg vehicle register operations (SNCA)",
      "url": "https://data.public.lu/en/datasets/operations-delta-des-vehicules-au-luxembourg/",
      "license": "CC0-1.0",
      "license_url": "https://data.public.lu/en/datasets/operations-delta-des-vehicules-au-luxembourg/",
      "evidence": "registration",
      "count_window": {
        "measure": "register OPERATIONS in the month — first registrations, transfers and de-registrations alike (SNCA Opérations Delta, one row per operation). NOT new-car sales: a busy used market inflates this against a sales series",
        "from": "2026-07",
        "to": "2026-09",
        "months": 3
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "my_jpj",
      "country": "my",
      "name": "Malaysian car registration transactions (JPJ via data.gov.my)",
      "url": "https://data.gov.my/data-catalogue/registration_transactions_car",
      "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
      "license_url": "https://data.gov.my/data-catalogue/registration_transactions_car",
      "evidence": "registration",
      "count_window": {
        "measure": "car registration transactions in the month (JPJ via data.gov.my, one row per transaction)",
        "from": "2025-01",
        "to": "2026-08",
        "months": 20
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "nl_rdw",
      "country": "nl",
      "name": "Dutch vehicle register (RDW Open Data)",
      "url": "https://opendata.rdw.nl/Voertuigen/Open-Data-RDW-Gekentekende_voertuigen/m9d7-ebf2",
      "license": "CC0-1.0",
      "license_url": "https://data.overheid.nl/dataset/11441-open-data-rdw--gekentekende-voertuigen",
      "evidence": "registration"
    },
    {
      "id": "no_svv_pkk",
      "country": "no",
      "name": "Statens vegvesen — Periodisk kjøretøykontroll (PKK)",
      "url": "https://dataut.vegvesen.no/dataset/periodisk-kjoretoy-kontroll",
      "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
      "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no",
      "evidence": "registration",
      "count_window": {
        "measure": "PERIODIC ROADWORTHINESS INSPECTIONS (PKK) recorded for this make/model — one row per inspection, `Etterkontroll` re-inspections excluded. NOT registrations and NOT a fleet stock: Norway defers a vehicle's first inspection to its fourth year and then inspects every second year (every year for heavy vehicles and buses), so recent cohorts are absent and heavy vehicles recur more often than light ones",
        "from": "2023-01",
        "to": "2025-12",
        "months": 36
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "nz_nzta",
      "country": "nz",
      "name": "New Zealand Motor Vehicle Register (Waka Kotahi NZTA open data)",
      "url": "https://opendata-nzta.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/NZTA::motor-vehicle-register/about",
      "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
      "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en",
      "evidence": "registration"
    },
    {
      "id": "th_dlt",
      "country": "th",
      "name": "Thai new vehicle registrations by brand and model (DLT)",
      "url": "https://gdcatalog.dlt.go.th/dataset/59a045dc-3ec4-4908-b035-ba789101b7f5",
      "license": "TH-OpenDataCommon",
      "license_url": "https://gdcatalog.dlt.go.th/dataset/59a045dc-3ec4-4908-b035-ba789101b7f5",
      "evidence": "registration",
      "count_window": {
        "measure": "first vehicle registrations in the calendar year (DLT sttt_car_new_reg, pre-aggregated counts; Buddhist Era 2568 converted to CE)",
        "from": "2025-01",
        "to": "2025-12",
        "months": 12
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "ua_mvs",
      "country": "ua",
      "name": "Ukrainian vehicle registration operations (MVS/HSC open data)",
      "url": "https://data.gov.ua/dataset/06779371-308f-42d7-895e-5a39833375f0",
      "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
      "license_url": "https://data.gov.ua/dataset/06779371-308f-42d7-895e-5a39833375f0",
      "evidence": "registration",
      "count_window": {
        "measure": "register OPERATIONS — first registrations, re-registrations and transfers alike (MVS/HSC reestrtz archive, one row per operation, deduplicated to one row per vehicle). NOT new-vehicle sales",
        "from": "2026-01",
        "to": "2026-08",
        "months": 8
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "uk_dft",
      "country": "gb",
      "name": "UK vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0120)",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-files",
      "license": "OGL-UK-3.0",
      "license_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
      "evidence": "registration"
    },
    {
      "id": "us_fueleconomy",
      "country": "us",
      "name": "US EPA/DOE fuel economy vehicle catalog (fueleconomy.gov)",
      "url": "https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/download.shtml",
      "license": "US-PD",
      "license_url": "https://www.energy.gov/web-policies",
      "evidence": "approval"
    }
  ]
}