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.
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 GuidesVans, 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 GuidesBattery 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 GuidesThe 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 GuidesHow 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 GuidesThe 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 GuidesNumber 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 GuidesBuilding 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 SolutionsAutomating 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 SolutionsValidating 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 SolutionsOutstanding 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 SolutionsAutomating 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 SolutionsLow-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...
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