The invention discloses an integrated electric wheel drive unit for an electric automobile, which comprises a disc motor, a motor controller, a battery unit, a whole vehicle electronic control unit ECU, a vehicle bridge and a brake caliper, wherein the brake caliper is fixed on a motor shell and matched with a rotor and brakes the rotor to rotate; the rotor is fixed at one end of a motor rotor shaft, while the other end is fixed on a vehicle wheel hub of a tire through a bearing; a stator is fixed on the motor shell which is fixed with the vehicle bridge; the whole vehicle electronic control unit ECU, the battery unit, the motor controller and the stator are connected with each other in turn through a high voltage wire bale; and the whole vehicle electronic control unit ECU is also in signal connection with the motor controller which is in signal connection with the brake caliper. The invention saves the conventional clutch, the conventional gear box, the conventional main speed reducer, the conventional differential mechanism and other components, simplifies the structure of the whole vehicle, improves the transmission efficiency, and can realize the electronic differential speed control of an electric wheel by control technology.