tourdownunder
There is aftermarket batteries to put life back in a Nissan leaf.
> can our grid handle that?
Not in the few hours of peak though there are charges that understand the time of day costs and will only charge in certain times when the grid is cheaper.
Some electric vehicles such as the Nissan leaf also have V2G which will help the grid in times of need.
> cannot see how it would be cheaper than gas
It already is.
> I just see this hurting low-income people.
You are right it will as people transition off gas it will no longer have economies of scale so the price of gas will rise.
They just needs the right incentives to be plugged in like being rewarded for being able to provide frequency response while plugged in. The following link supports my argument https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40565-015-0124-0
In the early chapters of the book Charles explains his story of going to university for a science degree though coming back to the farm soon after when his father passes. He listened to the experts selling the products on what to do for years before deciding it was no longer working and decided on another approach.
I don't think we can blame the farmers directly though instead big agriculture and how they manipulate the farmers and lobby the government to sell more product.
The version convention has changed with v10.0 so it should be trivial to change from 10.x to 11.x . In your position I'd be updating 9.4.x -> 9.5.x -> 9.6.x -> 10.x