# NHTSA vPIC Vehicle Manufacturers List

> NHTSA vPIC Vehicle Manufacturers List is a paid API for AI agents from 2s.io, paid per call via x402, $0.0024/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a paginated list of all motor vehicle manufacturers tracked by NHTSA's vPIC, with optional substring filtering by manufacturer name.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://2s.io/api/vehicle/manufacturers
- Price: $0.0024/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/2s-io-3a48bf96
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_di3EiCp823yhQ9j8xL5tm

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability 2s-io-3a48bf96
```

Example prompt: Can you search NHTSA's vPIC manufacturer registry for all manufacturers with 'toyota' in their name and tell me their official Mfr_IDs, legal names, and what vehicle types they produce?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need official NHTSA vPIC manufacturer records including canonical Mfr_IDs, legal entity names, or vehicle type classifications. Prefer this over generic web searches when authoritative government data is required, such as for VIN decoding pipelines, regulatory compliance lookups, or automotive data enrichment. It is especially useful when filtering by manufacturer name substring to resolve ambiguous brand names to their official NHTSA identities.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid page number (outside 1–100 range) returns validation error
- Manufacturer substring too short (under 2 chars) returns validation error
- No results found for a very specific or misspelled manufacturer name returns empty list
- NHTSA upstream service downtime causes delayed or failed response

## How this service works

Paginated list of every motor vehicle manufacturer NHTSA tracks via vPIC. Each record includes the canonical Mfr_ID, full legal name, common short name (e.g., "Honda"), country, and the list of vehicle types the manufacturer produces (Passenger Car, Truck, Motorcycle, Bus, MPV, etc.). Pass the optional `manufacturer` param to substring-search Mfr_Name. 100 records per page. Backed by NHTSA.gov; data is public-domain US government records.

## Output

A paginated list of up to 100 NHTSA-tracked vehicle manufacturers per page, each containing Mfr_ID, full legal name, common short name, country of origin, and vehicle types (e.g. Passenger Car, Truck, Motorcycle, Bus, MPV). Optionally filtered by manufacturer name substring.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "queryParams"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "const": "GET"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "page": {
       "type": "integer",
       "default": 1,
       "maximum": 100,
       "minimum": 1,
       "description": "1-indexed page (100 manufacturers per page). Default 1."
      },
      "manufacturer": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 80,
       "minLength": 2,
       "description": "Optional substring filter on the full Mfr_Name (case-insensitive on NHTSA side). Examples: \"honda\", \"tesla\", \"general motors\"."
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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