Random EV Thoughts 2 - The Jimnying

Article on how the grid can't cope.

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0331/1565868-rural-ireland-electric-cars-electricity-grid-infrastructure/

In particular it mentions

"For instance, a typical pole-mounted transformer serving six homes has a 15 kW capacity. While sufficient for kettles (3 kW) or showers (7 kW) used briefly, it is ill-equipped for modern technologies.". I have never heard this claim before. Already chargers have built in low voltage detection so will stop charging if supply is struggling. The grant should also identify which exact homes have EV chargers. The grant requires home chargers are somewhat smart, and there is talk of briefly delaying EV charging for a few minutes if the grid is struggling. Smart electricity meters also report detailed usage so most of the data should exist to identify problem areas..

I see this as an easily or already solved problem even if it exists. Priority could be given for pole mounted transformers on areas where the transformer supplies 2+ EV chargers.

With 2 EV chargers at your own home you can easily load share across them, only one really needs to have the load sharing. You can set it up to take as much as possible, to give one car priority at full power second car the rest, or you can slow granny charge the second car. Its easy to set up and typically both cars are not going to be totally flat and need a full charge the same night. Nearly every charger being installed these days has load sensing feature already active.