BATTERY CASING, PRODUCED AS A LARGE CAST PART, FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A BATTERY CASING OF THIS KIND

A battery casing, produced as a large cast part, for a motor vehicle, having a bottom portion that has a width extending in the vehicle transverse direction and a length extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and having at least one side wall that extends upward in the vehicle vertical direction, outside of the bottom portion, in order to laterally delimit, at least on one side, an interior for arranging battery cells and/or battery modules on the bottom portion. At least one additional wall extends upward from the bottom portion or extending outward, in relation to the area of the interior, from the bottom portion and is formed as a protective element.