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> that all the other brands have a mandatory inspection from the manufacturer before the cars will be tested by the independent check.

I'm in Europe. Never heard of mandatory inspection before independent checks. How would that even work, or be enforced.

>>Ovbiou+(OP)
Service intervals. Other OEMs will prompt a service interval at X thousand miles/km to go pop in and have it looked at by a dealer, probably swap out your cabin air filter, upsell you on some new wiper blades, etc.

ICE vehicles would normally catch these issues sooner because you'd be pulling in a lot more often for oil changes (and a quick mechanical inspection is typically a courtesy at that time).