Abstract: This paper investigates the use of antilock brake control system for improving handling and stability of electric vehicles. An adaptive robust controller of antilock brake control system is designed according to the longitudinal vehicle brake model. The proposed adaptive controller and the corresponding robust adaptive law can not only keep the closed-loop system robustly stable but also provide the expected performance. The effectiveness of the algorithm is verified by the experimental results. It is shown that the handling and stability of electric vehicle is improved and the control system still maintains satisfactory control performance despite the change of road surface condition.