Patent ID: 8776920

Claim:
A rear protection structure for a vehicle which is equipped with an engine and a rear wheel-driving motor each as a traveling-driving power source of the vehicle and in which the rear wheel-driving motor and a rear suspension are arranged in a rear section of the vehicle and between right and left rear wheels of the vehicle, and a fuel tank for the engine and the rear wheel-driving motor are arranged adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein: the rear suspension supporting the rear wheel-driving motor has a suspension member supported on a body of the vehicle by rubber bushings, the suspension member defining a space having an octothorpe-like shape, the space being formed by, right and left side members extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a first rear cross member connecting front portions of the right and left side members to each other and extending in a width direction of the vehicle, and a second rear cross member connecting rear portions of the right and left side members to each other and extending in the width direction of the vehicle, the fuel tank is arranged in front of the rear wheel-driving motor with respect to the vehicle, the first rear cross member is set up in front of the rear wheel-driving motor so as to extend between the rear wheel-driving motor and the fuel, the rear wheel-driving motor and an electric power supply line connected to the rear wheel-driving motor are arranged within the space defined by the suspension member, and the electric power supply line is provided on a rear surface of the rear wheel-driving motor located opposite the fuel tank with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and is connected to the rear wheel-driving motor at a location in front of a rear end face of the second rear cross member.