The precision of linear pressure control of solenoid valve, which affects the response precision of hydraulic control in regenerative braking system, is related to the control characteristics of solenoid valve and PV characteristics of wheel cylinder. The control method of linear pressure control of solenoid valve based on PV characteristics of wheel cylinder was proposed. The working principle of the solenoid valve was analyzed, and the demand of control precision of the solenoid valve was given. By analyzing the control mechanism of the solenoid valve, it was pointed out that the linear pressure control of solenoid valve had a linear control range, and it can be also realized by increasing the coil current. By analyzing the PV characteristics of the wheel cylinder, it was pointed out that the wheel cylinder had nonlinear characteristics in low pressure region and approximate linear characteristics in high pressure region. The characteristics of the wheel cylinder pressure changing rate at different current changing rates were analyzed, and the linear pressure control algorithms of the low pressure region and the high pressure region were proposed respectively. dSPACE platform was used to build hardware-in-the-loop test bench, different pressure changing rates of wheel cylinder were tested, which can observe the following results between actual pressure and target pressure. The experimental results showed that the proposed linear pressure control algorithm can satisfy the requirement of the control precision of the solenoid valve, and enrich the linear pressure control theory.