Range Extended Electric Vehicle (REEV) is a vehicle in smooth transition to pure electric vehicle. According to the functional analysis to REEV, propose the overall design of auxiliary power unit, develop an APU control system. This control system is based on infineon XC164CS Single Chip Microcomputer, use modular method, design and develops the data acquisition module, IGBT driver module, CAN communication module and conducts bench experiment to the system. The bench testing shows the system has high sampling precision, fast speed, good stability and easy to debug. Basic APU strategy control plan is designed to ensure electricity generation with first constant current, then constant voltage work mode, and can perform the fault diagnosis function, meet practical requirements, and achieve the expected control purpose.