Changelog

What's new across the VehDB platform — datasets, tools, the REST API and the MCP server. API versioning promise: additive changes (new endpoints, new fields) ship without notice; breaking changes are announced at least 30 days ahead — by email to active API users and on this page — and the previous behavior stays available under /v1 until the sunset date.

July 16, 2026

Added
  • Boat spec filters on GET /v1/boats: hull_type, fuel_type, model_type, hp_min/hp_max and length_min/length_max — combine them with make, model, year or q to narrow marine searches.
  • Boat taxonomy endpoints: GET /v1/boats/makes (every manufacturer with vessel count) and GET /v1/boats/hull-types (every hull type with vessel count).
  • Car spec filters on GET /v1/cars: body, fuel_type, drive_type and ev_only=1 (BEV/PHEV/HEV) — same semantics as the dashboard filters.
  • Car taxonomy endpoints: GET /v1/cars/makes and GET /v1/cars/body-types, each with record counts.

July 15, 2026

Added
  • GET /v1/vin/{vin} — decode any 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC and get matching VehDB car and tire-fitment uuids in the same response, ready for follow-up spec, recall and geometry calls. Same decoder that powers the free /vin-decoder tool.

July 2026

Added
  • VehDB Insights: free data-journalism reports on the official NHTSA dataset, starting with the most recalled car brands ranked per year (2010 to today).
  • Interactive API reference at /docs/api: every endpoint, parameter and schema, with runnable example requests, generated live from the OpenAPI spec.
  • The full NHTSA recall dataset is now mirrored into VehDB and refreshed weekly; EPA fuel-economy enrichment refreshes monthly.

July 2026

Improved
  • Search understands multiple words: "toyota camry" now finds the Camry instead of nothing. Word-based, index-backed matching across Discovery, the dashboard typeahead and the API.

June 2026

Added
  • Vehicle Data by Region — North America is live today; Europe & UK and Australia & NZ are in early access as those datasets come online.
  • A growing developer reference: a vehicle-data glossary, provider comparisons, and a complete "vehicle data for business" guide.
  • An llms.txt index so AI agents and assistants can discover the API and MCP server directly.

June 2026

Improved
  • Faster, more reliable page loads — self-hosted fonts and icons, optimized and long-cached assets, and Core Web Vitals tuning across the marketing site.

June 12, 2026

Changed
  • API tokens are now team-scoped (Stripe-style account keys): tokens are created and managed per team, and quota/rate limits follow the team's plan.
  • GET /v1/me now returns the acting team's name alongside plan and quota.
  • GET /v1/lists returns the acting team's lists.

June 12, 2026

Added
  • GET /v1/cars/{uuid}/recalls — live NHTSA recall campaigns + NCAP crash-test ratings per car.
  • GET /v1/motorcycles/{uuid}/recalls — NHTSA recall campaigns for motorcycles.
  • GET /v1/tire-sizes/{uuid}/geometry — computed OEM size geometry and alternate-size diameter deltas (±3% fitment window).
  • EPA enrichment on car records: mpg_city, mpg_highway, mpg_combined, epa_range_miles, annual_fuel_cost, co2_gpm (null where EPA has no data).
  • Machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 description at /openapi.json.

June 11, 2026

Added
  • MCP server at mcp.vehdb.com/mcp — query vehicle data natively from Claude, Cursor and other AI agents (path fallback /mcp/vehicles remains).
  • API vanity domain api.vehdb.com/v1 (path fallback /api/v1 remains).
  • MCP tools: search_vehicles, get_vehicle, my_lists, tire_sizes_for_vehicle.
  • OAuth2 (dynamic client registration) for AI providers, alongside Bearer tokens.
  • GET /v1/cars/{uuid}/tire-sizes — car → tire fitment cross-reference.
  • GET /v1/lists — the authenticated user's curated vehicle list.

March 2026

Changed
  • A redesigned VehDB — a cleaner, faster workspace and a refreshed brand across the whole platform.
  • Search and discovery reworked around a single, consistent results experience.

February 2026

Added
  • My Garage — organize saved vehicles into owned, wishlist and considering, with notes.
  • Tire Finder and Reverse Tire Search — find OEM and compatible sizes, or work backwards from a size to the vehicles that fit it.
  • Model Year Diff — compare how a model changed between two years.
  • EV Transition Advisor — surface electric and hybrid alternatives to a given vehicle.
  • VIN Decoder for quick make/model/year lookups.

December 2025

Added
  • Accounts and subscriptions — Free, Pro, Developer and Enterprise plans with secure hosted checkout.
  • Save vehicles to favorites with private notes.

July 2025

Improved
  • Better discovery — public catalog pages and structured data so search engines (and people) can find the right vehicle faster.

June 2025

Launched
  • VehDB is live — a searchable database of cars, motorcycles, power boats and tire sizes.
  • Advanced multi-attribute search and filtering, side-by-side comparison, and detailed specification pages for every record.
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