gaia-charge/evdb ? reverse-engineered prompt

Build me an open database for electric vehicles where the data lives in easy to edit YAML files, then gets checked, turned into a SQLite database, and published as a simple JSON API. I want the app to help people browse manufacturers, models, variants, and market pricing, and to compare cars by range, battery, charging, performance, and dimensions.

Also make a clean Streamlit dashboard with a home page, vehicle browsing, side by side comparison, analytics charts, a data explorer, and a docs page. The project should include data validation so bad entries are caught before build time, plus templates and clear examples for adding new vehicles. Use the existing README and docs to guide the structure, and if anything is unclear, look up current docs online if you need to.

Please make it work end to end so I can run the validation script, build the database, and launch the dashboard locally without extra fuss.