The invention discloses an instantaneous electric water heater with a non-metallic pipe inner wall plated with silicon dioxide heating elements. The instantaneous electric water heater comprises a shell, water tanks, electrical heated pipes, a water inlet pipe, a water outlet pipe, a water flow switch, a gear switch and the like; the water flow switch is of a water flow pushing type structure and is composed of a water flow switch main body, a cover plate, a sealing piece, a pushing piece, a spring or a leaf spring, an installation cover plate, a microswitch, stationary contacts, a movable contact, terminals and a pushing pin of the microswitch; a water inlet channel and a water outlet channel are separated by the cover plate instead of directly communicating with each other; when water flows, a circuit is connected, and when the water does not flow, the circuit is disconnected; the water flow switch and the gear switch need to work in a matched mode; and when water in the water tanks needs to be preheated, a preheating switch is pressed. Heating is conducted in the mode that the non-metallic pipe inner wall is plated with the silicon dioxide heating elements, and a metal heating pipe can be adopted at the same time.