A foldable electric bicycle and control method thereof

Disclosed herein are a foldable electric bicycle and a control method thereof. The foldable electric bicycle including a drive motor (52) to rotate at least one of a front wheel (10) and a rear wheel (50), and an actuation lever (450) to lock or unlock rotation between a front frame (100) provided with the front wheel and a rear frame (300) provided with the rear wheel by shifting the actuation lever, includes an actuation lever sensing unit to sense whether the actuation lever is at a locked position or at an unlocked position, a motor driving unit to drive the drive motor, and a control unit (70) which controls the motor driving unit to drive the drive motor in order to generate torque between the front frame and the rear frame by movement of the wheels when the actuation lever is shifted from the locked position to the unlocked position.