Japanese Domestic Market cars have a chassis number instead of a VIN. It serves the same purpose, but a different format.
stasdev · 2h ago
Yes, country of manufacture is part of the VIN
dhosek · 2h ago
Country of manufacture does not necessarily equal country of sale.
That said, while some details differ, the 17-character codes are largely compatible across standards although it seems that the check digit is unique to the US market.
ranger_danger · 2h ago
My Japanese "VIN" is 10 digits, but they can be from 9-12 characters.
mrheosuper · 2h ago
There is AI smell in this article. I think it's "The system's elegant constraints" part, way too similar to AI's writing.
galaxy_gas · 2h ago
It's AI slop and undisclosed self promotion for an "AI startup"
Nav_Panel · 2h ago
Yeah. I noticed a lot of "It's not just X. It's Y." which is the biggest tell for me.
morcus · 2h ago
Is this itself an AI generated comment? The word "just" appears 1 time in the article.
JumpCrisscross · 2h ago
The term “not just” doesn’t appear in the text.
selcuka · 2h ago
I think it was a simplified example. The exact text is:
> What emerged wasn't just a unique identifier. It was a compressed database record
That said, while some details differ, the 17-character codes are largely compatible across standards although it seems that the check digit is unique to the US market.
> What emerged wasn't just a unique identifier. It was a compressed database record