A side-outer reinforcement panel of a vehicle that is coupled to a car body of a space frame structure including a roof carrier, a dash, and a side sill is provided. The side-outer reinforcement panel includes an upper flange extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, connected to the roof carrier, and supporting the roof carrier, a lower flange extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and connected to the side sill, a front pillar connecting the upper flange and the lower flange in an up and down direction, the front pillar also connected to the dash, and a center pillar disposed behind the front pillar, the center pillar connecting the upper flange and the lower flange in the up and down direction and having an upper end connected to the roof carrier and a lower end connected to the side sill.

A vehicle structure includes a plurality of front side bars that extend toward a front of a vehicle and are spaced apart from each other and arranged at sides of the vehicle with respect to a center of the vehicle, and a front cross bar that extends in a transverse direction of the vehicle and connects front ends of the plurality of front side bars to each other. The vehicle structure further includes a plurality of fender apron bars, where each of the plurality of fender apron bars extends from a coupling portion between the front cross bar and one of the plurality of front side bars in the transverse direction and in a direction rearward and upward relative to the front cross bar.

A reinforcement is bridged between left and right front pillars of a vehicle, and includes: a first pipe arranged at a driver-seat side; and a second pipe having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first pipe and arranged at a passenger-seat side. A protector is attached to the reinforcement and accommodates a wire harness routed along the reinforcement. An instrument panel is held by the reinforcement and arranged between the left and right front pillars. In a case where a driver seat is positioned on a right side of the vehicle, a locking portion on a right side of the protector is locked in a mounting portion of the first pipe. In a case where a driver seat is positioned on a left side of the vehicle, a locking portion on a left side of the protector is locked in the mounting portion of the first pipe.

Formed in series along an axial-direction end portion of a large-diameter pipe member, in the following order from the pipe end, are: a large-diameter-pipe pipe-end expanding portion; a large-diameter-pipe reduced-diameter portion; a large-diameter-pipe bulging portion; and a tapered portion. Formed in series along an axial-direction end portion of a small-diameter-pipe member, in the following order from the pipe end, are: a small-diameter-pipe pipe-end expanding portion; a small-diameter-pipe enlarged-diameter portion; and a small-diameter-pipe bulging portion. The outer cylindrical surface of the small-diameter-pipe enlarged-diameter portion is in close contact with the inner circumferential surface of the large-diameter-pipe reduced-diameter portion; the inner cylindrical surface of the large-diameter-pipe bulging portion and the outer circumferential surface of the small-diameter-pipe pipe-end expanding portion are engaged; and the inner circumferential surface of the large-diameter-pipe pipe-end expanding portion and the outer cylindrical surface of the small-diameter-pipe bulging portion are engaged.

A vehicle includes a battery, one or more programmable connection ports electrically coupled to the battery, and an electronic controller communicatively coupled to the one or more programmable connection ports. The electronic controller receives a user control signal from a user input device communicatively coupled to the electronic controller, wherein the user control signal indicates a threshold of operation, and selectively operates the one or more programmable connection ports in response to the threshold of operation indicated by the user control signal from the user input device.

A vehicle includes a battery, one or more programmable connection ports electrically coupled to the battery, and an electronic controller communicatively coupled to the one or more programmable connection ports. The electronic controller receives a user control signal from a user input device communicatively coupled to the electronic controller, wherein the user control signal indicates a threshold of operation, and selectively operates the one or more programmable connection ports in response to the threshold of operation indicated by the user control signal from the user input device.

A side sill assembly for an eco-friendly vehicle protects a high voltage battery mounted therein from shock upon side collision. The side sill assembly includes: a center member 11 fastened to a side surface of a center floor panel 23 for a vehicle, a front outer member 12 fastened to a front end of the center member 11, and a rear outer member 14 fastened to the rear end of the center member 11, in which each of the center member 11, the front outer member 12, and the rear outer member 14 has a cylindrical cross section and at least one partition wall for partitioning the inside thereof horizontally and vertically to absorb collision energy upon side collision.

A vehicle substructure includes: a floor panel placed in a tense state between a floor tunnel and a side sill; a front pillar extending in a vehicle up-down direction from a front end of the side sill. The vehicle substructure further includes: a lower dash panel arranged at a front portion of the floor panel; and a lower dash crossmember extending in a vehicle width direction at a lower end of the lower dash panel. The lower dash crossmember has an inner end in the vehicle width direction thereof coupled to the floor tunnel and an outer end in the vehicle width direction thereof coupled to the front pillar.

A vehicle substructure includes: a floor panel placed in a tense state between a floor tunnel and a side sill; a front pillar extending in a vehicle up-down direction from a front end of the side sill. The vehicle substructure further includes: a lower dash panel arranged at a front portion of the floor panel; and a lower dash crossmember extending in a vehicle width direction at a lower end of the lower dash panel. The lower dash crossmember has an inner end in the vehicle width direction thereof coupled to the floor tunnel and an outer end in the vehicle width direction thereof coupled to the front pillar.

An assembly of an aluminum-based part and a press hardened steel part provided with an alloyed coating including in weight percent, 0.1 to 15.0% silicon, 15.0 to 70% of iron, 0.1 to 20.0% of zinc, 0.1 to 4.0% of magnesium, the balance being aluminum, on at least one of the surfaces thereof placed so as to be in contact with the aluminum-based part.