Vehicle autonomous present a major important problem for modem commercialized four wheel drive electric vehicle (4WDEV) propulsion system. The supply of electric vehicles with batteries is limited by state of charge (SOC) and the type of batteries technologies used. To overcome problem of energy variation in several speed and road topology condition, the proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) is presented as best solution of energy management. In this paper we focus the behavior of PEMFC for 4WDEV controlled by direct torque control based space vector modulation (SVM-DTC). The proposed controller law is very appropriate to electric traction systems. To test the performances of PEMFC, we undergo 4WDEV to several tests. Direct torque control based on space vector modulation (SVM-DTC) is proposed. The Obtained results under Matlab/Simulink present satisfactory. The DTC-SVM law increases the utility 4WDEV autonomous under several scenario considerations. Moreover, the future industrial's vehicle must take into considerations the obtained results into design steps. (C) 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.