Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Hitoshi Hakamada

Tomoki Yamaguchi

Seiji Honda

Tsutomu Fujiki

This vehicle has a travel drive system including a travel power source and an energy source for this travel power source, wherein an outlet for discharging waste generated by the travel drive system faces the rear surface of the vehicle body. The outlet is offset in the vehicle width direction relative to a passenger opening. Further, relative to the center line between the center line of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction and the end portion of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction, the outlet is positioned to the end portion side of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction. Relative to the center line between the center line and the end portion in the vehicle width direction, the right and left edges of the passenger opening are positioned to the side of the center line of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction.

Vehicle

In this vehicle, a rear opening is formed across the entire rear surface of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction, a tailgate capable of opening and closing the rear opening is attached to the vehicle body so as to be capable of swinging up and down, a passenger opening is formed that allows passengers to enter and exit through the tailgate, and a seat is provided adjacently to the rear surface. The passenger opening is formed in a portion of the rear surface in the vehicle width direction. One end of the seat in the vehicle width direction is positioned on one end of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction, and the other end of the seat in the vehicle width direction is positioned in a portion overlapping with the passenger opening in the vehicle width direction.

A vehicle having a rear opening formed across the entire rear surface of the vehicle body, a tailgate attached to the vehicle body so as to be capable of swinging up and down and so as to open and close the rear opening, a passenger opening formed in a portion of the tailgate in the vehicle width direction for allowing passengers to board, and a door attached to the tailgate so as to be capable of opening and closing the passenger opening. A door latch which maintains the door in a closed state is attached to the door. A release operation means which can release the door latch is provided on the surface of the door inside of the vehicle.

A vehicle with a tail gate wherein the movement distance around the vehicle is reduced. In a vehicle with a tail gate, a tail gate is supported on a vehicle body such that a rear opening formed on the rear part of the vehicle body opens and closes. The tail gate has a sub opening formed on the tail gate, and a sub door for opening and closing the sub opening in the vehicle width direction. The width of the sub opening in the vehicle width direction is shorter than the width of the rear opening. One side border of the sub opening in the vehicle width direction is located in the vicinity of one edge of the tail gate in the vehicle width direction. The sub door is supported on the tail gate so as to begin to open from the side border of the opening.

Vehicle with tail gate

A vehicular air-conditioning apparatus includes a hot-water heater and an electric heater provided downstream of the hot-water heater. The apparatus also includes a bypass passage for allowing air-conditioning air flowing past the hot-water heater to bypass the electric heater and a bypass door provided in the bypass passage for opening and closing the bypass passage.

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