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A 6 degrees of freedom shimmy model for four in-wheel motors independent drive electric vehicle with independent front suspension is established, and numerical analysis and simulation are used to study the dynamic response of vehicle shimmy. The influence of electric vehicle driving system on shimmy is studied by comparing with fuelengined vehicle, and the influence of vehicle structural parameters such as the caster angle, the inclination angle of front suspensions and the centre of gravity of vehicle on shimmy are studied too. It shows that as the in-wheel motor in drive system increases the weight of wheel, the amplitude of each degree of freedom in electric vehicle are larger than in fuel-engined vehicle when vehicle shimmies. The influence of the caster angle and the centre of gravity of vehicle on vehicle shimmy is obvious, but the inclination angle of front suspension have little influence.