The invention proposes an electric vehicle battery short circuit test bench with a remote control function, and a method, and belongs to the technical field of new energy automobile safety. The test bench comprises an upper computer, a short-circuit triggering controller, a temperature measurement circuit, a voltage measurement circuit, a current measurement circuit, a temperature control box, a battery protection box, an electromagnetic relay, a current sensor, a temperature sensor, a battery pack, and an electronic load. The test bench has functions of multipoint temperature measurement and remote control, and the upper computer monitoring system is remotely connected with the short-circuit triggering controller through a CAN bus, and controls the electromagnetic relay to trigger a battery short circuit fault. The test bench can achieve the short-circuit testing of a power battery pack under different working environment temperatures, and records the changes of all electric characteristics and temperature characteristics. An infrared temperature measurement instrument carries out real-time monitoring of thermal distribution, and provides a good basis for the research of the electric characteristics of a power battery in a short-circuit process.