This paper comprehensively summarizes the cutting-edge research on electronic differential control strategies for distributed electric vehicles worldwide. It focuses on elaborating the current development status from six aspects: electronic differential control strategies, electronic differential control theories, vehicle stability-based electronic differential control, vehicle energy efficiency-based electronic differential control, vehicle fault tolerance-based electronic differential control, and vehicle tracking accuracy-based electronic differential control. Additionally, it designs and conducts a comparative analysis of application cases, and looks forward to the development directions of electronic differential control from different perspectives, aiming to provide references for the development of advanced electronic differential controllers for distributed electric vehicles.
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