New here? Create an account and get 10 free vehicle lookups: no card required.

VehicleMatic
Author

Aqib Pervaiz

Founder, VehicleMatic

Builds VehicleMatic, the UK automotive data API. Writes about working with DVLA and DVSA records, vehicle provenance and driver licence checking from the integration side.

Articles by Aqib Pervaiz
API Guides

What Does a UK Vehicle Data API Cost?

Why a DVLA lookup costs pence and a provenance check costs pounds, what a realistic monthly bill looks like at volume, a...

Read the guide →
API Guides

Vans, HGVs and Trailers: Commercial Vehicle Data by Registration

Why commercial vehicles break most vehicle-data tooling, how the HGV annual test differs from an MOT, and how to run a m...

Read the guide →
API Guides

Battery and Charging Data for UK Electric Vehicles

Why "fuel type: electric" is where the problem starts, what battery capacity and chemistry resolved from a registration...

Read the guide →
API Guides

The Complete Guide to UK Vehicle Data APIs

What a UK vehicle data API actually returns, how DVLA, DVSA and provenance data fit together behind one normalised JSON...

Read the guide →
API Guides

How to Access DVLA Vehicle Data via API

The DVLA Vehicle Enquiry Service (VES) API versus a commercial gateway: what registration data you get, what you don't,...

Read the guide →
API Guides

The DVSA MOT History API Explained

How to work with MOT history data: tests, mileage readings and advisories, and how to flag odometer fraud (clocking) pro...

Read the guide →
API Guides

Number Plate (VRM) Lookup API: From Registration to Full Vehicle Profile

How a VRM lookup API turns a registration into a full vehicle profile: normalising the plate, chaining lookups, and buil...

Read the guide →
API Guides

Building a Provenance (HPI-Style) Check into Your Product

What a provenance/HPI check API returns: outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen and mileage markers, and how to...

Read the guide →
Industry Solutions

Automating Driver Licence Checks for Fleets

Duty of care, how often to check driving licences, grey-fleet obligations, and how to automate DVLA share-code checks ac...

Read the guide →
Industry Solutions

Validating Vehicles at Quote Time for Insurers

Stop pricing on customer-declared details. Validate the vehicle from its registration, pre-fill the quote, and flag writ...

Read the guide →
Industry Solutions

Outstanding Finance & Write-Off Checks for Lenders

The vehicle is your security. Check outstanding finance, write-off history and current value before you advance, as an a...

Read the guide →
Industry Solutions

Automating Part-Exchange Appraisals for Dealers

Turn a registration into a complete, listing-ready record: valuation, spec, imagery and provenance, so part-exchange app...

Read the guide →
Industry Solutions

Low-Latency Plate-to-Vehicle Lookups for ANPR & Enforcement

Resolve an ANPR plate read to a vehicle identity and tax/MOT status fast enough to act on, with a lookup layer designed...

Read the guide →