RESEARCH
How this market actually works
Short pieces on the mechanics of European motor total losses: how the residual value is produced, what the measurements say, and which of our own numbers are assumptions. Written for anyone trying to understand the category properly — including people deciding whether to back it.
Market · 7 September 2026 · 8 min
The ELV Regulation, as written
We read Regulation (EU) 2026/1738 and the Waste Shipment Regulation in full, then tried to apply the criterion that decides whether a damaged car is waste. Every input to it is left undefined.
Read →Method · 19 August 2026 · 6 min
How we predict what a damaged vehicle will fetch
What the model targets, what it learns from, how it is tested, and what it cannot do. Written out plainly, because the method is the product.
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