Pickup truck

A pickup truck configured as a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:

• a fuel tank;
• an engine;
• a motor;
• a transmission;
• a propeller shaft connected to the engine via the motor and the transmission and configured to transmit rotational driving force of the engine and the motor to a rear wheel;
• an exhaust pipe configured to guide exhaust gas of the engine rearward in the vehicle;
• a cabin section provided with a passenger compartment;
• an engine compartment section forward of the cabin section;
• a cargo section rearward of the cabin section;
• and
• a frame including left and right side members that extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction through a region in the cabin section that is below the passenger compartment, wherein
• the engine compartment section includes an engine compartment in which the engine is arranged longitudinally,
• the cargo section includes a truck bed that opens upward,
• the propeller shaft and the exhaust pipe extend in the vehicle longitudinal direction through the region in the cabin section that is below the passenger compartment,
• a front-row seat and a rear-row seat that is disposed rearward of the front-row seat are installed in the passenger compartment,
• the pickup truck further comprises:
• a first battery installed in a region in the cabin section that is below the rear-row seat;
• and
• a second battery installed in the cargo section, and
• the first battery and the second battery are power sources for the motor.