Electric vehicle charge robot plug in mechanism

A method comprising:

• providing a housing;
• providing a sleeve extending from the housing;
• providing a first nozzle assembly designed to move inside the sleeve and to engage a charging port of an electric vehicle, the first nozzle assembly including a ground pin engageable with an inlet ground pin of the charging port;
• and
• providing a second nozzle assembly designed to move inside the sleeve independently of the first nozzle assembly, the second nozzle assembly having a recess for receiving a locking pawl of the charging port, wherein:
• the second nozzle assembly is designed to be fully inserted into the charging port before the first nozzle assembly is fully inserted into the charging port;
• the recess receives the locking pawl after the ground pin engages the inlet ground pin;
• and
• the first nozzle assembly is designed to be fully inserted into the charging port after the locking pawl is secured inside the recess of the second nozzle assembly.