Vehicle rear structure

A vehicle rear structure comprising:

• a battery case including a lower case that defines a housing portion in which a plurality of battery modules each disposed along a vehicle front-rear direction is arranged along a vehicle width direction;
• longitudinal frames that are each provided on a lower wall portion of the lower case and each extend along the vehicle front-rear direction between the battery modules arranged along the vehicle width direction;
• and
• downward projecting portions that are each provided on the lower wall portion of the lower case between the longitudinal frames adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction, each project downward in a vehicle at a position where each of the downward projecting portions faces safety valves provided on a plurality of battery cells constituting each of the battery modules and configured to release pressure inside the battery cells, and are each configured to communicate with an outside of the vehicle, wherein
• each of the downward projecting portions is provided along the vehicle front-rear direction for a corresponding one of the battery modules, and is configured to communicate with the outside at a rear end side of the battery case.