v0.6.2

VIN.str now returns the Vehicle Identification number instead of the vehicle description.

v0.6.1

Vehicle data updated to NHTSA vPIC 3.45 effective March 16, 2024.

v0.6.0

Now supports multithreaded contexts.

v0.5.0

To decode VINs for vehicles manufactured for markets other than North America, disable model year decoding:

VIN(.., decode_model_year=False)

v0.4.3

See VIN.vpic_version for NHTSA vPIC data version and release date.

v0.4.2

This version improves trim and series decoding. It also attempts to decode the make when the VIN is incomplete or incorrect.

v0.4.1

Fixes #3 and a few other issues. See the CHANGELOG.

v0.4.0

Now decodes vehicle body style and electrification level.

v0.3.0

New Features

• Decode vehicle make, model, series, and trim
• Supports passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, and light trucks manufactured since 1980
• Performance benchmarks

Fixes

• Correctly determines the model year for older vehicles

v0.2.2

Removed hatch-fancy-pypi-readme and references to restructuredText readme