# AutoPulse TCO Calculator

> AutoPulse TCO Calculator is a paid API for AI agents from autopulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Calculates the total 5-year cost of owning a specific vehicle by modeling depreciation, fuel, insurance, and maintenance costs, tunable by annual mileage and gas price.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://autopulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/auto/tco
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/autopulse-tco-calculator-cc936cea
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_aU3PXtTS38MnjmVYmLaO8

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 autopulse-tco-calculator-cc936cea
```

Example prompt: What's the true 5-year cost of owning a 2022 Honda CR-V if I drive about 12,000 miles a year and gas is $3.50 a gallon — break it down by depreciation, fuel, insurance, and maintenance.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when a user wants to understand the full financial picture of owning a specific vehicle over 5 years — not just the sticker price. Ideal for car-buying decision support, comparing long-term affordability, or flagging hidden ownership costs like depreciation and maintenance. Prefer over a simple market-value lookup when the user's question is about ongoing cost or true cost, not just current resale price.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown year/make/model combination returns a 404 or empty result
- Missing required vehicle parameters returns a 400 bad request
- Very old or obscure vehicles may have insufficient data for accurate modeling
- Extreme gas price or mileage inputs may produce unrealistic projections
- Service unavailability returns a 503 with no cost data

## How this service works

Total cost of ownership / true cost to own / 5-year car cost calculator. Models depreciation, fuel, insurance, and maintenance into the real cost of owning a given year/make/model over 5 years, tunable by annual miles and gas price. For car-buyer and auto agents.

## Output

Returns a structured breakdown of the projected 5-year total cost of ownership for the specified vehicle, including itemized depreciation, fuel, insurance, and maintenance costs, calculated based on the provided annual mileage and gas price inputs.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "lang": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "lang"
  },
  "make": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "make"
  },
  "year": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "year"
  },
  "model": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "model"
  },
  "state": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "state"
  },
  "annual_miles": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "annual_miles"
  },
  "purchase_price": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Purchase price in USD"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

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