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  13. Lobbying and Regulatory Strategies of US Autonomous Vehicles Companies (cardog.app)
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  14. From Sears to Surveillance (cardog.app)
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  15. Show HN: Cardog Reports (cardog.app)

    Hi everyone, we built a vehicle history report offering that I wanted to share and get some feedback on. It collects data from over 1,200 sources across North America and compiles to a single clean report like Carfax…

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  16. We Built a Vehicle History Report from Scratch (cardog.app)
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  17. Show HN: Check Any Car's Recalls (cardog.app)

    Built a tool to help people check for recalls on their vehicles. Uses both transport canada and nhtsa data updated daily.

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  18. VIN: The 17-character code that runs the automotive world (cardog.app)
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  19. Show HN: I built the fastest VIN decoder (github.com)

    Decodes any VIN in ~20ms with zero network calls. I compressed the entire NHTSA vehicle database into a 21MB SQLite file that runs completely offline. No API keys, no rate limits, no servers. Just download once and…

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  20. Show HN: Cardog – AI car companion that democratizes automotive expertise (cardog.app)

    Hey HN, I'm Sam, 22, just launched Cardog after getting frustrated with how broken car buying is. The platform gives you AI-powered research, real-time market analysis on any listing, and tracks your car's maintenance…

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  21. Ask HN: Why do we still buy cars like it's 1995?

    Recently tried to sell my car and was shocked by how archaic the process remains. Facebook Marketplace is sketchy, Kijiji and Craigslist are dying, and dealerships take massive cuts. Airbnb revolutionized home rentals…

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  22. Show HN: I built an offline VIN decoder using the NHTSA vPIC dataset (github.com)

    I wanted to open source the VIN decoder I built for the car ownership platform I'm building. It uses a custom variant of the NHTSA vPIC database https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/ ported to sqlite, its fully offline and…

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  23. Show HN: Cardog – AI car companion for transparent ownership (cardog.app)

    Hi HN: I'm Sam, a 22-year-old founder who spent the last 8 months building Cardog after a frustrating car buying experience where I felt completely outgunned by information asymmetry. What it is: An AI platform that…

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  24. Ask HN: What's broken about the software side of car ownership?

    I've been increasingly frustrated with the disconnect between my car and my digital life. Modern vehicles are essentially computers on wheels, yet the software experience feels stuck in the past. What aspects of car…

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  25. Show HN: Cardog – AI interface for vehicle ownership (cardog.ai)

    Hi HN! I wanted to share something I've been working on after an interesting pivot. Last year I built a vehicle search tool that ran into legal issues with major listing sites. That experience led me to tackle a…

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