In the future, vehicle will be developed intelligently, which is based on the development of information technology. Now, information fusion technique is a new direction of information management. It has the advantages of more information, arrangements and methods and has been applied to a lot of research fields, The basic principle of information fusion is discussed and its applications in domestic and international modern vehicle control system are introduced. Moreover, the authors point out the key technology of information fusion and the bright prospects of its application in automotive field are proposed