Cover assembly for charging port of electric machines

An electric machine, comprising:

• a charging port;
• an outer panel assembly defining an opening;
• a cover assembly for the charging port, the cover assembly including:
• a head plate coupled to the outer panel assembly and extending across the opening to define an aperture with a portion of the opening;
• a non-metallic base plate movable with respect to the head plate to selectively open and close the aperture;
• and
• a flexible membrane fixedly coupled to one of the head plate or the non-metallic base plate and slidably engaged to the other of the head plate or the non-metallic base plate to enable the non-metallic base plate to slide with respect to the head plate and move between a folded state and an unfolded state with respect to the head plate, wherein
• in the unfolded state, the non-metallic base plate closes the aperture, and, in the folded state, the non-metallic base plate opens the aperture to allow access to the charging port from an outside of the electric machine through the aperture.