Mazda Motor Corporation

Toshihiko Kawamura

Harumitsu Kubota

Taichi Hirakawa

Daisuke Tsuji

Koji Yoshimura

Yoshinori Ikeda

Hiroaki Kashihara

Kohichi Tanimoto

Yuto Kodama

Takeshi Sasabe

Noriharu Yamasaki

The lower structure of an electric vehicle includes: an automatic transmission provided below a floor panel and in an intermediate portion in a right-left direction thereof; an inverter arranged between the automatic transmission and a floor side frame; and an attachment bracket for attaching the inverter to the floor panel. The attachment bracket has an outer shell structure including: an inner wall portion dividing the inverter and the automatic transmission; an outer wall portion dividing the inverter and the floor side frame; an upper wall portion; and a lower wall portion.

Lower structure of an electric vehicle with collision protection for electronic components

A front-side cross member and a rear-side cross member in a front portion of a rear floor are spaced apart from each other, on a top side of the rear floor, ends of the front-side cross member in the vehicle width direction are connected to respective lower ends of left and right brace members extending up and down, while the rear-side cross member is disposed on the rear floor from an underside of the rear floor. A high voltage component is disposed on a top face in the front portion of the rear floor between the front and rear-side cross members, the high voltage component is disposed rearwardly spaced apart from the front-side cross member and closer to the rear-side cross member, and the high voltage component is attached to the front-side cross member via a bracket that deforms under a load in the vehicle front-rear direction.

Rear structure of vehicle

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Aki-gun, Japan

Toshihiko Kawamura