The characteristics and development situation of electric vehicles are briefly introduced. Large specific weight and high specific price electric are characteristics of electric vehicles, and cost, life and weight are the key points to the development of electric vehicles. Some unreasonable phenomea in electric car industry were pointed out. It is proposed that developing small and efficient electric vehicles is the strategic choice of China’s automobile industry. Finally, the line of electric vehicles development is given: market guiding, supporting small and helping large, taking low-end as cut point, and diverse development.