Sensor integration into existing vehicle structures

A sensor system for a vehicle comprising:

• a vehicle, the vehicle including:
• a forward end region including a front end;
• a rearward end region including a rear end;
• a vehicle body, the vehicle body defining an opening in the forward end region of the vehicle;
• and
• a front grille, the front grille including a frame member, the frame member being elongated in a substantially vertical direction, at least a portion of the frame member being hollow and defining an interior hollow space, the front grille and the frame member being received within the opening, the front grille being connected to the vehicle body in the forward end region, a front portion of the frame member defining a portion of an exterior of the vehicle in the forward end region, the front grille being located forward of an engine compartment of the vehicle, the front grille being configured to allow air from outside the vehicle to flow through the front grille and into an interior region of the vehicle body;
• and
• one or more sensors being housed within the interior hollow space of the frame member, the one or more sensors are configured to sense at least a portion of an external environment of the vehicle through a wall of the frame member, the wall being solid, whereby the wall does not include apertures, and whereby the one or more sensors do not sense the external environment of the vehicle through any vehicle emblem.