Rear structure for electric vehicle, and electric vehicle including same

A rear structure for an electric vehicle,

• said electric vehicle comprising a vehicle body frame;
• a battery which serves as a drive source for the vehicle;
• a battery storage unit;
• and a second lid,
• said rear structure comprising
• an article storage unit supported on the vehicle body frame at a rear of a vehicle body;
• and
• a first lid configured to cover the article storage unit from above;
• and
• wherein:
• the battery is stored in the battery storage unit disposed below the article storage unit;
• each of the article storage unit and the battery storage unit includes an opening portion which is selectively openable to an outside;
• the second lid is configured to cover the opening portions of the article storage unit and the battery storage unit;
• the second lid is formed separately from the first lid;
• the second lid includes an inner surface continuing to a bottom surface of the battery storage unit in a state where the second lid is open;
• and
• a guide portion is provided on the inner surface of the second lid, the guide portion being configured to guide the battery when the battery is taken in and out of the battery storage unit.