HOT-FORMED BATTERY TRAY WITH SOFT CORNER REGIONS

The invention relates to a battery tray (1) for a battery carrier of an electric vehicle, wherein the battery tray (1) has a bottom (3) and, extending as one piece and of uniform material from the bottom (3), has a circumferential wall and optionally an outwardly circumferential flange (6) protruding from the wall, wherein the battery tray (1) is made from a hardenable steel sheet blank (13) as a hot-formed and press-hardened component, with a tensile strength Rm greater than or equal to 1250 MPa, characterized in that in a respective corner region (10) of the side walls (4, 5) to one another the tensile strength Rm is less than 1100 MPa.