Battery Housing Comprising A Spacer

A battery housing for a motor vehicle comprising a base part having a base plate and a cover part with a cover plate. The base part and the cover part delimit an accommodation volume for accommodating at least one battery module. The plates are spaced apart by at least one spacer arranged inside the receiving volume and supported on both plates, in that the spacer is supported on at least one of the two plates with its end face. In the region of this support, the plate has an opening. The end face of the spacer extends circumferentially over the edge of the opening in the radial direction inward projecting into the plane of the support of the end face on the plate. The spacer is fastened on this plate.