APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING PASSENGER FROM DAMAGE OF BATTERY BY THUNDER AND METHOD OF THE SAME

The present technology discloses an apparatus for protecting a passenger who boards a vehicle at the time of thunder and a method thereof. An apparatus for protecting a passenger includes a receiver configured to receive positional information of a vehicle and weather information, a gas detection sensor configured to detect an electrolyte gas within a battery duct, an air pressure sensor configured to detect an air pressure of tire, and a controller configured to control an opening and closing of the battery duct depending on the positional information, the weather information, the detected result of the gas detection sensor, and the detected result of the air pressure sensor.