Underbody protection apparatus to be arranged below a traction battery on the underbody of an at least semi-electrically driveable motor vehicle

An underbody protection apparatus is arrangable below a traction battery on the underbody of an at least semi-electrically driveable motor vehicle. The apparatus includes an underbody protection plate for protecting the underbody of the motor vehicle, a gas-conducting structure arranged between the traction battery and the underbody protection plate and arranged on the underbody protection plate for conducting a gas exiting from the traction battery along the underbody protection plate. The gas-conducting structure is arranged on the traction battery such that a gas can be introduced into the gas-conducting structure via a degassing outlet of the traction battery. The gas-conducting structure includes a plurality of branching points for branched conduction of the gas exiting from the traction battery along the underbody protection plate. The gas-conducting structure includes at least one gas outlet opening for discharging the gas exiting from the traction battery and being conducted along the underbody protection plate.