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A national seatbelt
The two-wheeler 'swap cabinet' finally has a national safety belt. GB/T 47352-2026 'Technical Specification for Electric Motorcycle Battery-Swap Systems', issued 31 Mar and effective 1 Oct 2026, is China's first national standard for two-wheeler swapping. It does three vital things: unifies battery interface and communication so 'different-brand batteries fit one cabinet'; gives each battery a unique traceability code for full backward tracing; and mandates a BMS watching cell temperature and anomalies. Earlier, Fire〔2025〕31 'Shared E-bike Swap Guide (Trial)' had drawn the safety baseline.
Locals get tough
Local rectification is already real. Guangzhou requires by 31 May 2026 clearing cabinets above 48V without 3C certification, with ≤16 slots, outdoor-ventilated placement, IP55 rating and smoke/temperature auto-extinguish—pulling the crude 'pack-more-collect-fast' model back to safety. Liaoning's 8 Sep 2026 draft goes further: a cabinet fire must trigger linked power cutoff within 10 seconds, choking thermal-runaway spread at source; Shenyang's Hunnan district built a joint-approval mechanism where planning, fire and street office handle it as 'one thing', avoiding 'everyone's in charge, no one is'.
Yantai's safety dividend
For Yantai residents, the standardisation of two-wheeler swap cabinets is a doorstep safety dividend. Dongdian Huichong's compliant shelters and charging also watch two-wheeler fire safety long-term—when using a swap cabinet, look for a compliant one 'with 3C, traceability code, outdoor ventilation and auto-extinguish', and refuse to take batteries home to charge. Managing two-wheel and four-wheel charging safety together makes the community fire baseline firmer.