VEHICLE DOOR ASSEMBLY WITH A DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURAL PILLAR

A vehicle door assembly including: a first door; a second door, wherein both the first door and the second door are pivotable between an open configuration and a closed configuration with respect to a chassis of a vehicle; and a structural member, wherein the structural member is deployable from the first door and behind the second door at a junction between the first door and the second door when in the closed configuration. Each of the first door and the second door is pivotable to the open configuration and to the closed configuration regardless of the other of the first door or the second door being in the open configuration or in the closed configuration. Also, the structural member is pivotably deployed. The structural member is constrained by a track structure coupled to the chassis of the vehicle at a top portion and at a bottom portion of the structural member.