VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE

In a vehicle body structure including a pair of side sills () and a battery case () joined to the side sills via respective brackets (), each side sill includes an outer panel (), an inner panel () defining a closed cross section structure jointly with the outer panel, a first stiffener () extending in the fore and aft direction in a space defined between the outer panel and the inner panel and having a lower edge joined to the lower edges of the outer panel and the inner panel, and a second stiffener () formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in the inboard direction, the second stiffener having an upper edge and a lower edge attached to an outboard side of the first stiffener.