A minimalistic
thermal management system for an
electric vehicle and a control method therefor, and an
electric vehicle. The minimalistic
thermal management system comprises: a
refrigerant loop in which an electric compressor (1), a water-cooled condenser (2), a
liquid storage and
drying tank (3), a first throttling device (4), a second throttling device (5), a battery cooler (6), and an in-vehicle
evaporator (8) are provided; a passenger compartment loop in which an in-vehicle
heater core body (9), a first electronic water pump (13), a
water heater (14), and a high-temperature
heat exchanger (16) are provided; an
electric drive and
electric control loop in which a second electronic water pump (17), a low-temperature
heat exchanger (18), and an
electric drive and
electric control assembly (22) are provided; a battery loop in which a third electronic water pump (19) and a battery
assembly (20) are provided; and a control
piping system in which a three-way valve (15) and a ten-way valve (12) are provided. The
refrigerant loop, the passenger compartment loop, the
electric drive and
electric control loop, and the battery loop are mutually coupled by means of the three-way valve (15) and the ten-way valve (12) to form a minimalistic
thermal management system for an
electric vehicle so as to provide corresponding thermal management
modes when the ten-way valve (12) is in different working states. The endurance of the whole vehicle is guaranteed, the thermal management requirements are satisfied, and the number of thermal management parts of an engine compartment and the amount of
piping is reduced, thereby facilitating arrangement and attractiveness of the engine compartment.