Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.

Susumu Matsuzawa

Takashi Niiya

A main battery and an auxiliary battery are both mounted on a hybrid vehicle without narrowing a cargo room. A floor panelincludes a rising portionthat rises upward and extends in a widthwise direction of a vehicle, and a front portionextending forward from the rising portion. A rear seatis mounted above the floor panelin such a manner that a seat portionis parallel to the front portion. The front portion, the seat portionof the rear seat, and the rising portionform a housing space SP for mounting a main batteryand an auxiliary batteryside by side in the widthwise direction of the vehicle.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Susumu Matsuzawa