Teslas with their charging port on the right side and in back and not for my ELR with my port on the driver's side front of the car.

Sorry to disagree with you, but it would seem Teslas design makes complete sense since city streets in the USA are designed for vehicles to park on them with the right side towards the curb.

What was Cadillac thinking placing the charge port on the left side knowing the left side will always face the street and therefore will always be furthest away from that charging pole? Unless I’m understanding it wrong it seems just plain stupid to have placed it on the left side.

Not only inconvenient to have to stretch the cord, but then you unnecessarily run the risk of scratching your paint.

 

Sorry to disagree with you, but it would seem Teslas design makes complete sense since city streets in the USA are designed for vehicles to park on them with the right side towards the curb.

What was Cadillac thinking placing the charge port on the left side knowing the left side will always face the street and therefore will always be furthest away from that charging pole? Unless I’m understanding it wrong it seems just plain stupid to have placed it on the left side.

Not only inconvenient to have to stretch the cord, but then you unnecessarily run the risk of scratching your paint.

Yes, that makes sense. I guess most of the time, the charging stations are designed to handle many cars at once, and those cars usually park facing in, so even though they may be on the wrong side some times, most times it is still close to the charger. And yes, I was wrong which side the Tesla charging port was on as some have pointed out. However, my original point is valid, your home unit will likely be at the front of the garage, away from the door.

 

... but it was designed to mostly deal with Teslas with their charging port on the right side and in back...

Sorry to disagree with you, but it would seem Teslas design makes complete sense since city streets in the USA are designed for vehicles to park on them with the right side towards the curb.

Tesla's have their charge port on the left rear, not right rear.

 

Then what the heck is he talking about?

 

What about city streets? Or is that a pipe dream?
Why don’t they have ports on both sides? Or how about behind the rear license plate and another in the front? Shouldn’t be that hard since there should be plenty of open space.

 

What about city streets? Or is that a pipe dream?
Why don’t they have ports on both sides? Or how about behind the rear license plate and another in the front? Shouldn’t be that hard since there should be plenty of open space.

This also makes sense. Why not both sides? I think in the case of the ELR, was when it was first conceived and built, there were not a lot of charging stations in 2014. Most saw that charging at home was the most likely option and for it to be on the driver's side made it more convenient for the driver to plug and unplug it while leaving the vehicle. One pet peeve I have against the Lyriq, is that the door is operated by a motor. Every little thing they add like motors for the charging port door, motors for the cup holders, motors to raise rear hatches, all add WEIGHT and COMPLEXITY to cars. They are heavy enough. I had to replace a moon roof motor on my old Lincoln Mark 8, and it was not fun. We are hopefully not ambulatory yet. I like the little pop-out door on my ELR charging port.