[
  {
    "id": "new_vehicle_cpi",
    "label": "New vehicle prices",
    "category": "Prices",
    "source": "BLS",
    "series": "CUUR0000SETA01",
    "adapter": "bls",
    "unit": "index",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.bls.gov/cpi/",
    "notes": "CPI index, not an average transaction price"
  },
  {
    "id": "used_vehicle_cpi",
    "label": "Used cars and trucks prices",
    "category": "Prices",
    "source": "BLS",
    "series": "CUUR0000SETA02",
    "adapter": "bls",
    "unit": "index",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.bls.gov/cpi/"
  },
  {
    "id": "motor_vehicle_insurance_cpi",
    "label": "Motor vehicle insurance prices",
    "category": "Costs",
    "source": "BLS",
    "series": "CUUR0000SETE",
    "adapter": "bls",
    "unit": "index",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.bls.gov/cpi/"
  },
  {
    "id": "vehicle_repair_cpi",
    "label": "Motor vehicle repair prices",
    "category": "Costs",
    "source": "BLS",
    "series": "CUUR0000SETD03",
    "adapter": "bls",
    "unit": "index",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.bls.gov/cpi/",
    "notes": "Motor vehicle repair (excludes routine servicing)"
  },
  {
    "id": "vehicle_maintenance_cpi",
    "label": "Motor vehicle maintenance & repair",
    "category": "Costs",
    "source": "BLS",
    "series": "CUUR0000SETD",
    "adapter": "bls",
    "unit": "index",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.bls.gov/cpi/",
    "notes": "Aggregate motor vehicle maintenance and repair, includes motor vehicle repair subcategory"
  },
  {
    "id": "motor_vehicle_parts_cpi",
    "label": "Motor vehicle parts & equipment",
    "category": "Costs",
    "source": "BLS",
    "series": "CUUR0000SETC",
    "adapter": "bls",
    "unit": "index",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.bls.gov/cpi/"
  },
  {
    "id": "gasoline_cpi",
    "label": "Gasoline price inflation",
    "category": "Energy",
    "source": "BLS",
    "series": "CUUR0000SETB01",
    "adapter": "bls",
    "unit": "index",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.bls.gov/cpi/",
    "notes": "Price change, not dollars per gallon"
  },
  {
    "id": "new_loan_60",
    "label": "New-car loan APR \u00b7 60 months",
    "category": "Financing",
    "source": "Federal Reserve",
    "series": "RIFLPBCIANM60_N",
    "adapter": "fed_csv",
    "unit": "percent",
    "frequency": "quarterly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/",
    "notes": "Commercial-bank survey; selected published observations are not available every month"
  },
  {
    "id": "new_loan_72",
    "label": "New-car loan APR \u00b7 72 months",
    "category": "Financing",
    "source": "Federal Reserve",
    "series": "RIFLPBCIANM72_N",
    "adapter": "fed_csv",
    "unit": "percent",
    "frequency": "quarterly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/"
  },
  {
    "id": "new_loan_amount",
    "label": "New-car average loan amount",
    "category": "Financing",
    "source": "Federal Reserve",
    "series": "DTCTLVENA",
    "adapter": "fed_csv",
    "unit": "usd",
    "frequency": "quarterly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/",
    "notes": "Finance-company loans, not the whole loan market"
  },
  {
    "id": "new_loan_maturity",
    "label": "New-car average loan maturity",
    "category": "Financing",
    "source": "Federal Reserve",
    "series": "DTCTLVENM",
    "adapter": "fed_csv",
    "unit": "months",
    "frequency": "quarterly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/"
  },
  {
    "id": "regular_gas",
    "label": "Regular gasoline",
    "category": "Energy",
    "source": "EIA",
    "series": "EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG",
    "adapter": "eia",
    "unit": "usd_gallon",
    "frequency": "weekly",
    "comparison": "previous",
    "url": "https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/",
    "notes": "U.S. retail regular gasoline price; published weekly"
  },
  {
    "id": "diesel",
    "label": "On-highway diesel",
    "category": "Energy",
    "source": "EIA",
    "series": "EMD_EPD2D_PTE_NUS_DPG",
    "adapter": "eia",
    "unit": "usd_gallon",
    "frequency": "weekly",
    "comparison": "previous",
    "url": "https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/"
  },
  {
    "id": "residential_power",
    "label": "Residential electricity price",
    "category": "Energy",
    "source": "EIA",
    "series": "ELEC.PRICE.US-RES.M",
    "adapter": "eia_electric",
    "unit": "cents_kwh",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data.php"
  },
  {
    "id": "new_sales_units",
    "label": "New light-vehicle sales",
    "category": "Sales",
    "source": "BEA",
    "adapter": "manual_csv",
    "unit": "units",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.bea.gov/data/consumer-spending/main",
    "notes": "Requires vetted BEA unit-sales mapping; no automatic source until validated"
  },
  {
    "id": "cars_sales_units",
    "label": "Passenger-car sales",
    "category": "Sales",
    "source": "BEA",
    "adapter": "manual_csv",
    "unit": "units",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.bea.gov/"
  },
  {
    "id": "light_truck_units",
    "label": "Light-truck sales",
    "category": "Sales",
    "source": "BEA",
    "adapter": "manual_csv",
    "unit": "units",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.bea.gov/"
  },
  {
    "id": "new_dealer_revenue",
    "label": "New-car dealership revenue",
    "category": "Sales",
    "source": "Census",
    "adapter": "manual_csv",
    "unit": "usd_millions",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.census.gov/retail/",
    "notes": "Dealer-industry revenue includes used-vehicle and other sales"
  },
  {
    "id": "used_dealer_revenue",
    "label": "Used-car dealership revenue",
    "category": "Sales",
    "source": "Census",
    "adapter": "manual_csv",
    "unit": "usd_millions",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.census.gov/retail/",
    "notes": "Used-car-only dealerships; excludes used cars at new-car dealers and private sellers"
  },
  {
    "id": "inventory_value",
    "label": "Motor vehicle dealer inventories",
    "category": "Sales",
    "source": "Census",
    "adapter": "manual_csv",
    "unit": "usd_millions",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "year",
    "url": "https://www.census.gov/retail/"
  },
  {
    "id": "public_dcfc",
    "label": "Public DC fast-charging price",
    "category": "Energy",
    "source": "DCFC Tracker",
    "adapter": "manual_csv",
    "unit": "usd_kwh",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "previous",
    "url": "https://dcfctracker.com/ev-pricing",
    "notes": "Import only after checking actual CC BY attribution and machine-readable availability; station prices differ from session-weighted average"
  },
  {
    "id": "incentive_index",
    "label": "Manufacturer incentive barometer",
    "category": "Incentives",
    "source": "Motor Market",
    "adapter": "derived_pending",
    "unit": "index",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "comparison": "previous",
    "url": "https://motorfigures.com/#incentives",
    "notes": "Needs matched model/year/trim/term/geography and offer history; not yet computed"
  }
]
