What is CarVector.io?

CarVector is a developer API for vehicle data — specs and representative images, federal recall campaigns, and OBD-II DTC reference — bundled in one API with an open-source Model Context Protocol client. It's built for backend developers, AI agent builders, shop-management ISVs, and anyone who needs structured vehicle data inside their product without writing their own scrapers.

Does CarVector have a free tier?

Yes — the Free tier allows 100 requests/day at no cost and no credit card. Paid tiers start at Hobby ($9/month, 1,000 requests/day), Developer ($29/month, 10,000/day), Pro ($49/month, 100,000/month), and Business ($199/month, 1,000,000/month). Enterprise pricing is custom.

How do I authenticate to the CarVector API?

Send your key as Authorization: Bearer cv_… or as X-API-Key: cv_… on every request. The REST endpoints and the MCP server accept both header styles. Keys are minted in the dashboard at carvector.io/dashboard; the raw value is shown once at creation.

How do I use CarVector with Claude Desktop, Cursor, or another MCP client?

Install the open-source MCP client with `npx -y carvector-mcp`. Add it to your MCP client config with one block: { "mcpServers": { "carvector": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "carvector-mcp"], "env": { "CARVECTOR_API_KEY": "cv_your_key" } } } }. The package is published on npm and in the official Model Context Protocol registry as io.github.carvectorio/carvector-mcp.

What data does CarVector cover?

The catalog covers 12,000+ vehicles spanning 1925–2029, with multi-source-verified specs (engine, drivetrain, body, representative image) and federal recall campaigns. Catalog images are illustrations, not photos. The OBD-II DTC table is reference-only — title, category, severity, safety/emissions flags — not a repair-cost or fix-time dataset. Deeper trim coverage, image variants, and DTC enrichment are on the roadmap, not live features.

Where is the CarVector MCP server published?

The source is at github.com/carvectorio/carvector-mcp under MIT. The npm package is carvector-mcp. It is published in the official Model Context Protocol registry as io.github.carvectorio/carvector-mcp at version 1.0.1, status active.

Is CarVector the only vehicle-data MCP server?

No. Other vehicle-adjacent MCP servers exist in the official registry (NHTSA wrappers, VIN decoders, recall checkers). CarVector's positioning is bundled specs + recalls + DTC reference for developers — not category novelty.

How many automotive repair and maintenance are there in Walworth County, Wisconsin?

U.S. Census County Business Patterns (2022) counts 52 automotive repair and maintenance establishments across Walworth County, employing about 227 people.

How many automotive repair and maintenance have no working website?

Of the 20 we mapped and verified, roughly 80% have no working website we could detect — invisible to the customers searching online right now.

Where does this market data come from?

U.S. Census Bureau, County & ZIP Business Patterns 2022. Counts are establishment totals from public-domain U.S. Census data; figures the Census suppresses for privacy are shown as no data, never estimated.

Walworth County market read

Automotive repair and maintenance in Walworth County

establishments operating across the county · 227 people employed.

There are 52 automotive repair and maintenance in Walworth County, Wisconsin (U.S. Census, 2022), employing about 227 people.Of the 20 genevalakes.ai mapped and verified, 80% have no working website — invisible to customers searching online today.

Where they cluster

Each ZIP shaded by its published Census count; the brass bloom marks the 20 businesses we mapped and verified. Locations only — no names.

Of the 52 automotive repair and maintenance in the county, we mapped and verified 20 (38.5%). Of those, 80% have no working website we could detect — none listed, or a link that no longer loads. They're invisible to the customers searching right now.

In a market this size, the shops that answer every call — and catch the after-hours miss — quietly take the share the others leave on the table. That gap is where the work goes.

Where the automotive repair and maintenance are

Town	Establishments
Elkhorn	13
Lake Geneva	11
Delavan	9
Whitewater	6
Walworth	4
East Troy	3

The work concentrates in Elkhorn (13), across 6 towns in the published data.

"In a county this size, the market isn't won by the biggest shop — it's won by the one that answers every call and catches the after-hours miss. The data just shows you where that share is sitting."

— the genevalakes.ai operator

Questions, answered from the data

How many automotive repair and maintenance are there in Walworth County, Wisconsin?: U.S. Census County Business Patterns (2022) counts 52 automotive repair and maintenance establishments across Walworth County, employing about 227 people.
How many automotive repair and maintenance have no working website?: Of the 20 we mapped and verified, roughly 80% have no working website we could detect — invisible to the customers searching online right now.
Which towns have the most automotive repair and maintenance?: The work concentrates in Elkhorn (13), across 6 towns in the published Census data.
Where does this market data come from?: U.S. Census Bureau, County & ZIP Business Patterns 2022. Counts are establishment totals from public-domain U.S. Census data; figures the Census suppresses for privacy are shown as no data, never estimated.

The full read comes with a conversation.

Who holds which town, where the gaps are, and where calls are leaking after hours — that's the part we walk through together, mapped to your shop. Five minutes away, and we own the number going up.

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