The invention relates to the technical field of electric vehicles and discloses an electric automobile. The electric automobile comprises a frame and wheels arranged on the frame, the electric automobile further comprises a driving motor, a motor controller, a power battery and a vehicle control unit which are arranged on the frame, the motor controller is connected with the driving motor and controls the output of the torque and the rotation speed of the driving motor, and a motor overload protection module and a motor overheating protection module are further arranged in the motor controller; the power battery is connected with the motor controller, and the motor controller outputs the electric energy of the power battery to the driving motor; the vehicle control unit is connected with the motor controller and the power battery respectively and outputs control signals to the motor controller, and the motor controller controls rotation of the driving motor. According to the electric automobile, the battery changing manner is simple, the battery can be pulled out from the side surface directly, manual operation of parking is eliminated completely, operation convenience and comfort are improved, a wheel frame is adopted so that the initial position of the bottom surface of a warehouse is reduced to be below the center positions of tires, and the whole vehicle controllability and the stability are improved.