A vehicle includes an instrument panel reinforcement that extends in a vehicle width direction inside an instrument panel, a steering wheel located behind the instrument panel reinforcement, and an air duct that is disposed inside the instrument panel and passes between the instrument panel reinforcement and the steering wheel.

A vehicle body structure includes: a supported frame disposed frontward or rearward of a vehicle cabin along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; a support frame disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the vehicle cabin along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and configured to support an end portion of the supported frame closer to the vehicle cabin; a stiffener disposed in the support frame along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and configured to form a closed cross-section with the support frame; and a bulkhead disposed in the support frame, adjacent to a portion of the stiffener closer to the supported frame, and facing the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. An upper edge portion of the bulkhead is integrally formed as a single piece with an end portion of the stiffener closer to the supported frame.

An embodiment front vehicle body structure of a vehicle body is provided. The vehicle body includes an underbody and an upper body coupled to the underbody, and the front vehicle body structure includes a pair of front wheel arch members respectively disposed on both sides of a front part of the upper body according to a vehicle width direction and a front seat mount unit including a front seat crossmember extending along the vehicle width direction and coupled to each of the front wheel arch members.

An electric vehicle frame strut tower to body structure interface bracket is disclosed. An example electric vehicle disclosed herein includes a frame, a battery pack supported by the frame, a body coupled to the frame, a strut tower coupled to the frame to support the body and absorb road surface impacts on the electric vehicle, and a strut tower interface bracket to couple the strut tower to the body.

A fastening arrangement for a passenger motor vehicle includes an integral support fastened to longitudinal supports of a body of the passenger motor vehicle that are distanced from each other in a transverse direction of the passenger motor vehicle and are disposed above the integral support. An electrical energy store is disposed behind the integral support in a longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle. The integral support has a step on an end that faces the electrical energy store where an upper support surface and a lower support surface are formed by the step. The upper support surface is disposed opposite a crossmember of the body in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle and the lower support surface is disposed opposite a support element of the electrical energy store in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle.

To sufficiently improve the distortion stiffness of a vehicle body in a case in which no floor tunnel largely bulging upward from a floor panel is provided. A vehicle-body structure includes a floor panel constituting a floor of an occupant space including a seat on which a passenger is to sit, a cross member provided at a rear portion of the floor panel and extending in a vehicle width direction, a center frame disposed to be higher than and away from the floor panel at a vehicle-width-direction central portion of the occupant space and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a connecting member connecting the cross member and a rear portion of the center frame.

An embodiment front vehicle body structure includes an inner cabin part, an outer cabin part, and a reinforcement part mounted between the inner cabin part and the outer cabin part. The inner cabin part, the outer cabin part and the reinforcement part each comprise a carbon fiber reinforced plastic material.

An embodiment vehicle front structure including a front subframe disposed in a lower portion of a front compartment of a vehicle, the front subframe configured to support one or more front components, a guide member attached to a lower portion of a dash panel, the dash panel dividing the front compartment and a passenger compartment, and the guide member including an inclined wall that is inclined downwardly toward a bottom of the vehicle, a floor connected to the dash panel, and a battery disposed under the floor, wherein the guide member is located in front of the battery.

An object of the present invention is to provide a battery protection member capable of achieving both securement of a capability to allow a passenger to reside in a vehicle and protection of a battery at the same time. According to one aspect of the present invention, a battery protection member includes a hollow-shaped battery containing frame extending in a vehicle lateral direction of the vehicle. The battery containing frame includes a surface where a seat occupied by a driver is disposed on an outer surface side thereof. The battery containing frame is configured to contain the battery on an inner surface side thereof.

A hybrid structural assembly for a motor vehicle includes a casting and a structural inlay. The casting includes a plurality of structural components joined together in a casting process to form structural load paths and extending in a plurality of directions in a 3D space. The casting includes a cast-allowable alloy material. The structural inlay is secured to at least one of the structural components. The structural inlay includes a material having at least one of a higher ductility and a higher toughness than the cast-allowable alloy material.