The invention discloses a control device and method for an electric car driving and braking system. The device comprises a motor controller, a three-phase motor, a diode, a rectifying circuit, a super capacitor, a power battery, a thyristor triggering circuit, an inductor and a relay. In driving, when the terminal voltage of the super capacitor is higher than the voltage between an audion base electrode and a collector electrode, the relay is switched on, and the super capacitor and the power battery together drive the motor to rotate; when the terminal voltage of the super capacitor is lower than the voltage between the audion base electrode and the collector electrode, the relay is switched off, and at this moment, only the power battery conducts separate drive; and in braking, three-phase power of the motor passes through the inductor and directly charges the super capacitor through the rectifying circuit which is composed of a thyristor and the diode. In driving, the device can reduce energy output of the power battery and prevent discharge of the super capacitor when the voltage is low, and in braking, by adoption of the rectifying circuit with the thyristor, consumption of recovered energy can be reduced.