Safety-critical applications such as the independently driving systems of electric vehicle (EV) require a high degree of reliability. The controller area network (CAN) is used extensively in the control sectors. A new real-time and reliable scheduling algorithm based on time-triggered scheduler with a focus on the CAN-based distributed control systems for independently driving EV is exploited. A distributed control network model for a dual-wheel independently driving EV is established. The timing and reliability analysis in the worst case with the algorithm is used to evaluate the predictability and dependability and the simulation based on the algorithm with CANoe software is designed. The results indicate the algorithm is more predicable and dependable.