The cable would clearly reach their vehicle's charging port just fine had they parked normally and not like an idiot, as shown in this other photo from that thread: https://twitter.com/Jimotheous/status/1723098742306263384/ph...

Well that's confusing! It's the EV charger equivalent of Norman Doors.

https://www.outofsightdesigns.com/norman-doors/

Doors should instantly communicate 1) what side the door operates on, and 2) how the door operates. Similarly, an EV charger should instantly communicate

1) where and how to park (back in, pull through)

2) how to properly connect the cable

3) (optional) any additional steps to start charging such as payment etc.

In this Norman Charger, it's not clear where where to park. The charger is actually positioned so it's entirely in front of the adjacent parking slot. Additionally the routing of the charge cable is wonky, forcing you to awkwardly "shortcut" the cable behind a pole (especially hard for limited mobility users).

Cars don't have a standard location for their charger though.

Sure, but that doesn't negate what I wrote.

As part of the overall design of a charger, you ideally want to accommodate charge ports in different locations. (1) and (2) should be clearly communicated wherever your charge port is located.

They don’t, but this is specifically a charging network designed for rivian vehicles. It seems confusing for rivian owners.

It is flipped 180 degrees tho, innit?

Looks like it to me.

I think this picture actually shows that the way it's meant to be used is really unintuitive. How can you see that and not agree it's a confusing design?

I agree that it could be confusing for people not adept at spatial reasoning (though one could question why such a person should be allowed to operate something so inherently dangerous to others on public roads), but I immediately understood the geometry and still think that it's a completely reasonable design for the intended vehicles (while probably intentionally hostile to other vehicles that don't have their charge ports at the front left corner).

Glad you understood it instantly. Now maybe work on your social skills

That looks correctly installed to me.

It's designed for Rivian cars and you wouldn't want the cable to be on the ground for no reason.

While it could be correctly installed, it is absolutely baffling orientation. Being on the ground could be solved in other ways.

But why is it forcing the vehicle to park illegally?

He's parked in the wrong bay for that charger

It doesn't look like any bay would be correct for that charger.

Its installed in a way cable is just long enough to charge Rivian truck and no other vehicle.

That’s what I was thinking. If the charge port is next to the drivers door like it is on a number of vehicles, would that even reach?