The invention provides a gear shifting control method for a multi-gear electric wheel drive vehicle. The method comprises the steps that as for the n-shaft vehicle driven by multi-gear electric wheels, when a control algorithm judges that gear shifting is needed according to the vehicle state and driver operation, a gear shifting instruction is sent to the electric wheels on the two sides of the first shaft, and the whole vehicle requirement torque is redistributed in the electric wheels of the second shaft to the nth shaft, in the gear shifting process of the electric wheels of the first shaft; after the electric wheels of the first shaft complete gear shifting, the same gear shifting operation is performed on the electric wheels of the second shaft; the processes are executed repeatedly in sequence till all the electric wheels on the n shafts complete gear shifting. According to the gear shifting control method, it is ensured that the vehicle driven by the multi-gear electric wheels can perform coordinated gear shifting of the wheels in the running process, the vehicle power failure condition in the gear shifting process is effectively relieved, and the gear shifting smoothness is ensured.