To provide a high-safety automobile with a getting-on/off device for a wheelchair dispensing with any extra space outside a car by securing a getting-on/off space for a user in a cabin area, eliminating any the restriction to a getting-on/off place by facilitating the getting-on/off even in a narrow space, and capable of responding to any meteorological phenomenon such as rain, snow, and strong wind.
This automobile with the getting-on/off device for a wheelchair is provided with an openable/closable opening part 11 in the rear part of a vehicle body, and two side frames mutually spaced parallel to each other along the length direction of the vehicle. A wheelchair getting-on/off device 10 is positioned near a rear gate of the automobile in a place formed by removing a cabin floor 15. Ordinarily, a getting-on/off floor 13 of the wheelchair getting-on/off device 10 is positioned in the same height as the cabin floor 13. The getting- on/off floor 13 of the wheelchair getting-on/off device 10 is formed facing to the opening part 11 between the respective side frames in the rear part of the vehicle body. The getting-on/off floor 13 can be raised/lowered by a lift device 14.
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