VIN Specification for Telematic Devices

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VIN Specification for Telematic Devices

VIN Specification for Telematic Devices is made for technical configuration of telematics devices. The purpose of providing the data is to fulfil the contract of the agreed online connectivity services between customer and provider of the telematic device.

The data product contains 41 relevant data points to clearly and broadly describe a vehicle. It bundles vehicle master data, equipment and emissions data for almost every vehicle from 6 Volkswagen Group brands in a comprehensive database. The vehicle data is simply requested via the VIN (vehicle identification number). An answer is made available in seconds in third-party software solutions.

The data is made available to an external software provider so that the telematics device ordered by the customer can be technically configured by authorised dealers, workshops or importers much faster and more accurately


VIN Specification

  • provides VIN-specific static vehicle data
  • sourced originally from the included brands
  • high market accuracy
  • excellent data availability
  • reduces manual effort for data inputs and maintenance considerably
  • individual support from our data specialists
  • further data products can be added if required

SUPPORTED BRANDS AND MODELS

The data set supports original data of vehicle models across the product range from 6 Volkswagen Group brands:
Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Skoda, SEAT, CUPRA, Audi.

AVAILABLE DATA AND FEATURES

VIN Specification for telematics devices includes OEM vehicle master data, equipment data and emission data. 41 data points are available.


Vehicle master data includes vehicle identification number, brand, brand text, model name, model code, model year, color description chassis/interior/roof, paint number, engine code letter, gearbox code letter and more.

Equipment data comprises 3-digit PR-number to identify equipment features, description of equipment features, gear- and engine codes and more.

Emission data consists of vehicle mass descriptions, energy efficiency classes, fuel consumption, ranges for electric vehicles and CO2 values.

SUPPORTED COMPANIES

  • suppliers of telematics devices (must have specific order from car owner)

SUPPORTED MARKETS

  • Germany
  • Denmark

More markets to follow.

PERMITTED DATA USAGE

The data set is provided to authorized customers only. The scope of the permitted data usage is defined in the contract between the customer and Volkswagen Group Info Services AG.

PRIVACY POLICY

VIN Specification for Telematic Devices - Datenschutzerklärung(DE)  |  VIN Specification for Telematic Devices - Privacy policy(EN)

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HOW TO START?

In order to access data of the product VIN-Specification, the following steps and prerequisites are required:

  1. First, we will agree on a legal contract with you and your company. Please contact us for more details.
  2. On the Data Hub
    • Your company registers on our Data Hub using ONE Business ID (www.onebusinessid.com) , a service provided by Volkswagen AG
    • You subscribe to this product
  3. After subscribing to the product you will be issued an API-Key.
  4. You can connect to the data product and consume the data by sending a GET Request according to the API specification of the product you can find below to the provided endpoint
  5. Set the HTTP-header `x-marketplace-api-key` to the value of the API-key

  Read on for the event data detailed content and format description.

API Specification