Motor vehicle battery

A motor vehicle battery, comprising:

• at least one battery module having a plurality of battery cells arranged side-by-side, each of the plurality of battery cells having first and second connection poles spaced from one another on a common surface of the at least one battery module and a degassing predetermined breaking point offset inward in relation to the connection poles of the battery cells to form a recess, the recesses of each of the plurality of battery cells aligned with each other to define a continuous recess;
• a guide element positioned in the continuous recess and extending along the plurality of battery cells of the at least one battery module, the guide element having a main body with a U-shaped cross-section defined by a base wall and opposed side walls, cutouts formed through the base wall and communicating with the degassing predetermined breaking points;
• a profile fitted to a side of the guide element opposite the plurality of battery cells, a degassing channel defined between the profile and the guide element and control device accommodation space on a side of the profile opposite the degassing channel;
• and
• a common battery module control device configured to control the plurality of battery cells of the at least one battery module arranged in the accommodation space so that an outer surface of the common battery module control device does not project beyond the common surfaces of the plurality of battery cells, wherein
• gas escaping from the battery cells via the degassing predetermined breaking points is routed into the degassing channel via the cutouts in the base wall.