{
  "updated": "2026-10-27",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "vehicles",
      "name": "Vehicles & specifications",
      "state": "available",
      "summary": "Explore market-specific model and trim records, dimensions, performance and dated manufacturer specifications.",
      "coverage": "Published vehicle pages in Australia, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore. Some records are historical.",
      "next": "More models, trims and source-dated specification fields.",
      "href": "/markets/",
      "action": "Explore vehicle markets",
      "sources": [
        "byd-au",
        "byd-th",
        "byd-id"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "battery-range",
      "name": "Battery, range & charging",
      "state": "available",
      "summary": "Read battery capacity, range test cycles and charging specifications within each vehicle record.",
      "coverage": "Selected source-checked fields; availability varies by model and trim. WLTP and NEDC stay separate.",
      "next": "Fill missing charging and battery fields with market-specific documents.",
      "href": "/th/byd-seal/",
      "action": "View a specification record",
      "sources": [
        "byd-au",
        "byd-th",
        "byd-id"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "trade",
      "name": "China EV trade",
      "state": "available",
      "summary": "Explore monthly customs references by reporting market, commodity, period and measurement.",
      "coverage": "Existing China-partner EV import references from 2021 to reported 2026 periods; months vary by source.",
      "next": "Extend destination coverage and resolve missing quantity units.",
      "href": "/statistics/china-ev-trade/",
      "action": "Explore trade statistics",
      "sources": [
        "cn-customs",
        "eurostat",
        "hmrc",
        "comtrade",
        "gap-MX",
        "gap-IN",
        "gap-BR",
        "gap-PH",
        "gap-AU",
        "gap-KR",
        "gap-AE",
        "gap-ID"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "exports",
      "name": "Export destinations",
      "state": "available",
      "summary": "See the leading destinations for China’s reported new-energy vehicle exports.",
      "coverage": "Two top-ten reference tables: full-year 2025 and January–June 2026. Export destinations are not retail markets.",
      "next": "Add further periods and separately track import-side evidence.",
      "href": "/statistics/china-nev-exports/",
      "action": "View export destinations",
      "sources": [
        "cpca",
        "cn-customs"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "registrations",
      "name": "Sales & registrations",
      "state": "mapping",
      "summary": "Distinguish retail sales, wholesale deliveries, registrations and vehicle stock.",
      "coverage": "Source directory available. A China-brand EV-filtered sales dataset is not yet published here.",
      "next": "Bind brand, powertrain, market and period in each official table.",
      "href": "/sources/#registrations",
      "action": "View sources & coverage",
      "sources": [
        "cpca",
        "caam",
        "lta",
        "dlt",
        "gaikindo",
        "fcai",
        "evc",
        "kba",
        "eea",
        "iea-china"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "approval",
      "name": "Type approval & model identity",
      "state": "mapping",
      "summary": "Connect domestic product codes with market-specific approval and vehicle identities.",
      "coverage": "Official source entries available; cross-market identity mappings are being assembled.",
      "next": "Link each domestic approval to the correct overseas version using explicit evidence.",
      "href": "/sources/#approval",
      "action": "View sources & coverage",
      "sources": [
        "miit",
        "rover"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "safety",
      "name": "Safety & recalls",
      "state": "mapping",
      "summary": "Follow dated crash-test results and recalls for the applicable market and vehicle version.",
      "coverage": "Source directory available; no complete model-level ratings or recall dataset published here.",
      "next": "Add test years, safety packages, affected production periods and remedies.",
      "href": "/sources/#safety",
      "action": "View sources & coverage",
      "sources": [
        "ancap",
        "euroncap",
        "samr-recall",
        "au-recall"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "companies",
      "name": "Companies & supply chain",
      "state": "mapping",
      "summary": "Trace manufacturers, factories, batteries and suppliers through original disclosures.",
      "coverage": "Issuer disclosure sources available; a structured supplier relationship dataset is not yet published.",
      "next": "Add dated, explicitly disclosed company–factory–model relationships.",
      "href": "/sources/#companies",
      "action": "View sources & coverage",
      "sources": [
        "cninfo",
        "hkex"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "infrastructure",
      "name": "Charging infrastructure",
      "state": "mapping",
      "summary": "Track China-related charging infrastructure with clearly defined geography and reporting dates.",
      "coverage": "Report sources identified; no station-level or real-time feed is available here.",
      "next": "Add source-dated public charger totals with consistent definitions.",
      "href": "/sources/#infrastructure",
      "action": "View sources & coverage",
      "sources": [
        "evcipa",
        "iea-china"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ownership",
      "name": "Prices, warranty & ownership costs",
      "state": "mapping",
      "summary": "Compare ownership inputs within the same market, currency, date and price basis.",
      "coverage": "Source mapping in progress. No new prices, warranty terms or calculated ownership costs are published in this category.",
      "next": "Verify local price conditions, warranty coverage and cost assumptions before adding results.",
      "href": "/sources/#ownership",
      "action": "View sources & coverage",
      "sources": [
        "byd-au",
        "byd-th",
        "byd-id"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "technology",
      "name": "Technology & AI research",
      "state": "planned",
      "summary": "Research methods, automotive calculations and AI-assisted analysis for Chinese EVs.",
      "coverage": "Research toolkit prototype exists; a customer-ready product is not yet released.",
      "next": "Document reproducible vehicle comparisons, market analysis, ownership scenarios, forecasting and estimation methods.",
      "href": "/research/platform/#technology",
      "action": "View scope & development plan",
      "sources": [],
      "planned_domain": "chinaev.tech"
    },
    {
      "id": "vin",
      "name": "VIN & vehicle history",
      "state": "planned",
      "summary": "Connect vehicle identity with market, model year and a dated lifecycle record.",
      "coverage": "Planned. No VIN lookup, ownership history or individual vehicle report is available.",
      "next": "Start with documented identifiers and model mappings; add vehicle-level history only when supported and authorised.",
      "href": "/research/platform/#vin",
      "action": "View scope & development plan",
      "sources": [],
      "planned_domain": "chinaev.vin"
    },
    {
      "id": "parts",
      "name": "Parts & repair",
      "state": "planned",
      "summary": "Research OEM part numbers, fitment, maintenance and repair information.",
      "coverage": "Planned. No parts catalogue, fitment lookup or checkout is available.",
      "next": "Bind part number, vehicle version and applicable market before publishing compatibility claims.",
      "href": "/research/platform/#parts",
      "action": "View scope & development plan",
      "sources": [],
      "planned_domain": "chinaev.parts"
    },
    {
      "id": "digital",
      "name": "Data tools & services",
      "state": "planned",
      "summary": "Structured data delivery and research workflows for people, businesses and AI agents.",
      "coverage": "CSV/JSON downloads are available on selected pages. Hosted API, MCP and business services are planned.",
      "next": "Extend versioned downloads, research reports and supported agent access as the data services become ready.",
      "href": "/research/platform/#digital",
      "action": "View scope & development plan",
      "sources": [],
      "planned_domain": "chinaev.digital"
    },
    {
      "id": "dealers",
      "name": "Dealers & distribution",
      "state": "planned",
      "summary": "Map Chinese EV sales and service networks by market.",
      "coverage": "Planned. No verified dealer directory, quote service or dealer software is available.",
      "next": "Identify authorised sellers, service centres and territories from original sources.",
      "href": "/research/platform/#dealers",
      "action": "View scope & development plan",
      "sources": [],
      "planned_domain": "chinaev.global"
    },
    {
      "id": "battery-health",
      "name": "Battery health & lifecycle",
      "state": "planned",
      "summary": "Track battery condition, warranty context and assessment methods over a vehicle’s life.",
      "coverage": "Planned. No vehicle-level battery health measurements or diagnostic reports are available.",
      "next": "Record measurement method, conditions and date; nominal battery capacity does not establish battery health.",
      "href": "/research/platform/#battery-health",
      "action": "View scope & development plan",
      "sources": [],
      "planned_domain": "chinaev.vin"
    },
    {
      "id": "used-vehicles",
      "name": "Used vehicles & residual values",
      "state": "planned",
      "summary": "Study dated used-vehicle listings, condition and value retention.",
      "coverage": "Planned. No used-vehicle marketplace or valuation service is available.",
      "next": "Separate asking prices, realised transactions and estimates, with vehicle identity and condition.",
      "href": "/research/platform/#used-vehicles",
      "action": "View scope & development plan",
      "sources": [],
      "planned_domain": "chinaev.vin"
    },
    {
      "id": "finance-insurance",
      "name": "Insurance & finance",
      "state": "planned",
      "summary": "Research local ownership-related financing and insurance conditions.",
      "coverage": "Planned. No quote, application, recommendation or financial product is offered.",
      "next": "Document market-specific terms and data sources before adding comparisons.",
      "href": "/research/platform/#finance-insurance",
      "action": "View scope & development plan",
      "sources": [],
      "planned_domain": "chinaev.digital"
    }
  ],
  "status_definitions": {
    "available": "Some sourced data is published; coverage is partial.",
    "mapping": "A source map is available; a structured category dataset is not yet published.",
    "planned": "Product direction defined; the described service has not launched."
  }
}