Fuel storage assembly for a motor vehicle

A fuel storage assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:

• four fuel tanks arranged to form each a corner of a substantially square cross-section of a tank array, the tank array being defined by two horizontal peripheral sides, respectively a top side and a bottom side, and two vertical peripheral sides, respectively a left side and a right side,
• a spacer arrangement configured to keep the fuel tanks apart, the spacer arrangement comprising at least one side bracket disposed along one of the vertical peripheral sides of the tank array, the at least one side bracket being arranged to be fixed to a vehicle chassis, and at least one central bracket disposed between the fuel tanks in the center of the tank array,
• at least one tensioning strap disposed around the fuel tanks and configured to be secured at one first end to a top part of the at least one side bracket and at one second end to a bottom part of the at least one side bracket, the at least one tensioning strap pressing the fuel tanks together in the tank array, wherein the at least one tensioning strap comprises fastening recesses configured to receive linking elements,
• a protecting element configured to cover at least partially one or more of the horizontal and vertical peripheral sides of the tank array, the protecting element being detachably fixed directly to the at least one tensioning strap by the linking elements such that removal of the protecting element does not alter a compressive preload applied by the tensioning strap to the fuel tanks,
• the at least one tensioning strap is made of metal, a side thereof facing the fuel tanks is covered by a high friction material.