Abstract: A thermal management control circuit for an electric vehicle having a power electronics component to supply the drive motor and a battery includes a heat pump loop comprising a condenser and an evaporator a cooling-heating circuit configured to carry a fluid and comprising a first circuit portion comprising the condenser and the power electronics component, and configured to maintain the power electronics component within a power electronics component target temperature range, a second circuit portion comprising the evaporator, a first auxiliary communication circuit portion configured to carry some fluid heated by the condenser from the first circuit portion to the second circuit portion, and cooperating with the second circuit portion to maintain the battery within a battery target temperature range which is different from the power electronics component target temperature range.