Vehicle body structure

A vehicle body structure of a motor vehicle including a floor panel forming a floor surface of a vehicle interior, a traction motor, and batteries that supply electric power to the traction motor, the vehicle body structure comprising:

• a pair of right and left side sills arranged to extend in a front-rear direction at both end portions of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction;
• a pair of right and left pillars each extending upward from the pair of right and left side sills;
• a first battery arrangement portion provided inside a vicinity of the pillars in the vehicle width direction below the floor panel such that the batteries are arranged therein;
• and
• a second battery arrangement portion provided at a center portion in the vehicle width direction below the floor panel such that the batteries are arranged therein,
• wherein the first battery arrangement portion is located below a front floor panel of the floor panel,
• the second battery arrangement portion is formed in a floor tunnel portion provided at a center portion of the floor panel in the vehicle width direction, and
• lower portions of the first battery arrangement portion and the second battery arrangement portion are at substantially a same height as a height of a lower surface of a first floor panel of the floor panel.