The invention discloses a battery management system of an electric vehicle, which comprises a primary vehicle-body system, a main controller and a battery pack, wherein, the battery pack is formed by more than two batter modules connected in series, the batter modules are formed by connecting more than two single cells in series, each battery module is provided with a battery collecting module, the battery pack is respectively connected with a complete vehicle power system through a discharging relay and a charging relay, the main controller is connected with a previous complete vehicle system through a first optical isolator, and the battery collecting module is connected with the main controller through a second optical isolator. The battery management system has the advantages that: as the battery management system is composed of the main controller (BMU) and the next battery collecting module (LECU), the composition of the system structure is simplified through the main controller and the next battery collecting module, the cost of the hardware of the system can be reduced, and simultaneously, the reliability of the management system can be greatly enhanced.