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Re:Thor Electric Truck Will Probably Beat Tesla’s to Market by edent on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @10:16PM (#15919675)
In the UK (and many other countries) each vehicle has a mandatory yearly inspection.

The MOT test in the UK checks emissions, roadworthiness, basic functionality. No reason why it couldn't also report mileage.

Most modern cars provide an API so you can track mileage. Again, not hard to provide that as a taxable figure.

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Re:Thor Electric Truck Will Probably Beat Tesla’s to Market by Reason077 on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:36AM (#15920786)
"The MOT test in the UK checks emissions"

Unfortunately the UK does not have proper emissions checks as part of the MOT.

There is a (subjective) visual check for visible smoke, and a metered exhaust check which again only tests generically for "smoke", ie large particulates.

Unfortunately there is no testing of specific pollutants (NOx, PM2.5, PM10, etc) so many vehicles can pass MOT even if they are way outside allowed emissions levels, have had DPF removed, etc.

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