Introduction: The first action a rider takes to swap a battery is usually pulling out their phone. But what if this step could be skipped?

For riders swapping batteries, scanning a code is the most common method: stop, pull out phone, unlock, open the app, find the code, scan the code. Everyone is used to this routine.

But it has a prerequisite:The phone must have battery, the screen must be clear, and the network must be connected. And the places where battery swap cabinets are located are often not office buildings—street sides in commercial districts, residential compound entrances, underground garages, old industrial parks—these conditions do not necessarily all hold at the same time.

1. Why Dochion developed Tap-to-Swap

Here is what commonly happens on site:

On-site situation

What problems does QR code scanning encounter?

Rainy days

There is water on the screen, and neither touch nor scanning works

Harsh midday sunlight

Screen glare makes it hard to see and scan

Underground garages, urban villages

Weak phone signal prevents the code from loading

Rider's phone is out of battery

The whole process simply cannot proceed

Add the morning and evening peaks, when riders often have food boxes in hand and gloves on, and completing the sequence of "take out phone—unlock—open app—find code—scan code" means fighting themselves at every step.

The starting point for this feature came from feedback from frontline riders and operators: in rain, signal dead zones, or when your hands are full, the battery swap step always gets held up.

Daochong created tap-to-swap to take the battery swap step out of "having to pull out your phone first."

2. What is Tap-to-Swap

In one sentence:There is a button on the front of the cabinet; tap it once to open the compartment, with no phone needed throughout.

This button is placed in a prominent position on the front of the cabinet and triggers with a single palm tap—no need to aim, and no need to see the screen clearly.

It coexists with QR code battery swapping rather than replacing it: for cabinets equipped with the tap version, riders can use either method.

3. How to use it: 3 steps

The QR code battery swapping process takes about 6 steps: park the vehicle, take out the phone, unlock, open the app, find and scan the code, wait for the compartment to open.

Tap-to-Swap takes 3 steps:Park the vehicle → walk to the cabinet and tap the button → take out and insert the battery, close the compartment.

4. What Tap-to-Swap brings

First, it's fast. A single battery swap with a Daochong battery swap cabinet can be completed in Within 30 secondsThis number is not noticeably perceived by an individual rider, but in the queue during peak hours, everyone's action time adds up.

Second, it is not affected by on-site conditions. The button does not depend on the screen or on phone signal—the situations that cause QR code scanning to get stuck do not apply to it.

Third, no need to free up a hand first. In winter or rain, wearing gloves, the touchscreen often does not respond, but a tap on the button works; when holding a food box with one hand and an umbrella with the other, there is no need to free up a hand specifically to operate the phone.

5. It coexists with QR code scanning as two parallel paths

Cabinets equipped with the tap-to-swap version support both methods. This point deserves separate mention—it is not that once you switch to tap-to-swap, you can no longer scan a code.

Why keep QR code scanning? Because the mobile app still has functions like finding a cabinet, checking status, and making payments. Riders still use the mobile app to check whether nearby locations have available batteries before setting out, and to verify records after swapping.

What Tap-to-Swap solves is the segment "after arriving at the cabinet." It is not meant to replace the phone; it makes the "actions after arriving at the cabinet" no longer depend on the phone.


In a Nutshell

For riders who repeat this action more than a dozen times a day, what Tap-to-Swap saves is not just a few steps of operation, butEvery battery swap starts with a struggle with your phoneThis matter.

To learn more about Daochong Technology's battery swap cabinet solutions, visit the official website www.dochion.com, or call the customer service hotline 400-889-2008。