The invention relates to a thermal management system and method for a pure electric vehicle, and relates to the technical field of electric vehicles. The thermal management method for the pure electric vehicle comprises the steps that firstly, operation parameters of the electric vehicle are obtained, the electric vehicle is driven to be switched between a first working mode and a second working mode according to the operation parameters, when the electric vehicle is in the first working mode, a refrigerant loop is opened, a warm air cooling liquid loop is closed, the refrigerant loop is used for refrigerating a passenger compartment of the electric automobile, and when the electric vehicle is in the second working mode, the refrigerant loop and the warm air cooling liquid loop are started at the same time, and motor radiators on the refrigerant loop and the warm air cooling liquid loop are used for refrigerating the passenger compartment of the electric automobile together. According to the thermal management method for the pure electric vehicle, the problems that the outdoor heat exchanger is insufficient in heat exchange capacity and the air conditioning system is high in pressure are solved when the air conditioner is cooled, the supercooling degree of the air conditioning system is increased, and the pressure of the air conditioning system is reduced.