3.5mm is an audio source, USB is a data source. Any headphone with a USB plug also has to convert digital to audio, something your phone already does. USB is not a replacement by any means.

No, the need is still present. Headphone jacks are pretty essential still, wireless tech is not a replacement.

less bulbous front end

Literally the second worst thing about the model 3 was that bulbous nose. Good to see it's changing.

...for one particular battery design from one particular brand.

8,000 is the average annual total count, usually spread across ~3months (July, Aug, Sept). The 1,100 number quoted is currently burning today. As of August 17 the count (active and extinguished) so far this year was up to 5,765.

The size of fires is really the staggering figure with 13.75 million hectares (137,500 km² roughly the size of Arkansas or Greece) burned so far, while the average annual total burned area is usually only 2.1 million hectares.

1-5% of total range capacity per year on average

That's nowhere near how little degredation is actually seen in the data you yourself provided.

And you're cherry-picking the worst car in the study to highlight (Tesla Model S).

Use this source: https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/electricity_locations.html#/analyze?fuel=ELEC and filter it to DC Fast Chargers

And there's only 185 charging locations in Quebec (with 529 ports, which is NOT how they should be counted).

This is a bad analysis. Chargers per car is only one way to look at it. What about chargers per capita, chargers per road km, chargers person per land area, etc... oh? In all of those metrics Canadian provinces are leaders? You don't say.

https://public.tableau.com/views/EVFastChargingPlugStandards/RegionrankingsforDCChargers

I don't really know the area or charger quality, but there's a 50kW Ivy station in Geraldton, a total of 38km away from Longlac, Ont.

I assume it's merely that they import energy from neighbours.

Here's a map of who exported electricity in Europe in 2022, and who imported: https://www.powerengineeringint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EU-Interconnector-Map-H2-2022.jpg

Let me introduce you to open street maps. https://welcome.openstreetmap.org/what-is-openstreetmap/ or more simply https://www.openstreetmap.org/

Only the no-children amounts differ.

For example, if you are single you could receive a maximum payment of:

• $234 if you have no children
• $387 if you have one child
• $467 if you have two children
• $548 if you have three children
• $628 if you have four children

And, if you are married or have a common-law partner, you could receive up to:

• $306 if you have no children
• $387 if you have one child
• $467 if you have two children
• $548 if you have three children
• $628 if you have four children