A power control unit for electric vehicle which can easily detach the high
voltage cables even if the motor room is deformed, for example, by
head-on collision and/or rear-end collision of the vehicle, which is
difficult to be deformed, which can make small, and which can avoid an
influence of heat generated by the reactor is disclosed. The power
control unit 1 includes a box 10 which accommodates devices for
controlling electric power supply of the electric vehicle; a reactor
receiver 11a which is provided on a given external surface around the box
10 and supports a reactor R; a heat sink 12 connected to the lower end of
the reactor receiver 11a, covering the bottom surface of the box 10,
possessing passages including passage wall inside thereof, and performing
heat-exchange with the box 10 by allowing coolant water to flow within
the passage; and a partition 13a, which is laid on at least one side of
the box 10 extending toward the longitudinal direction of the vehicle EV,
and is detachably communicated with cables to be connected to the
traction motor 4 disposed below the heat sink 12 to supply power.