Urgently in need of a boost? We’ve all been there, which is why we often seek out those trusty providers of shared-power banks which have become ubiquitous across our urban-China landscape. Now though, there’s a difference; they are coming to us.
急需加强吗？我们都经历过这样的情况，这就是为什么我们经常寻找那些在中国城市景观中无处不在的值得信赖的共享充电宝提供商。但现在，有一个区别了：他们正在向我们走来。
Operating without fixed locations, these are e-bikes upon the back of which is a shared-power bank podium. Such bikes have recently appeared on the streets of Shenzhen and Shantou in Guangdong Province, but have now even made it to the Lujiazui Ring Road in Shanghai, Daxinggong and Confucius Temple in Nanjing, and West Lake in Hangzhou.
这些电动自行车没有固定地点，其背面是一个共享充电宝平台。这种自行车最近出现在广东省深圳和汕头的街道上，现在甚至已经进入了上海陆家嘴环路、南京大行宫和夫子庙、杭州西湖。
On the face of it, there’s nothing not to love. The operators of such bikes come and go as pedestrian traffic fluctuates; outside a hospital for an hour, a tourist spot for the next and then a popular restaurant area, and so on.
从表面上看，没有什么不值得爱的。随着行人流量的波动，此类自行车的运营者来来去去；在医院外面一小时，接下来是一个旅游景点，然后是一个受欢迎的餐厅区，等等。
Scanning the QR code on the power bank directly redirects to official mini programs such as “Meituan Power Bank” and “Energy Monster”, with the remaining steps identical to the renting procedure elsewhere.
扫描充电宝上的二维码，直接跳转到“美团充电宝”、“能量怪兽”等官方小程序，其余步骤与其他地方的租赁流程相同。
Images shared by Chinese media show that some such shared power-bank units are independent-battery dependent, while others are connected to the e-bike batteries themselves.
中国媒体分享的图片显示，一些此类共享充电宝单元是独立电池的，而另一些则连接到电动自行车电池本身。
Therein lies the problem. With exposed wires around the vehicles. Many citizens have expressed concern that such modifications are too dangerous, posing significant safety hazards and the potential for electrical leakage during rain.
问题就在于此。车辆周围有裸露的电线。不少市民担心这种改装过于危险，存在重大安全隐患，下雨天还可能发生漏电。
Others though are more supportive of such enterprising operators, seeing it as a money-making machine.
但其他人则更支持这种有进取心的运营商，将其视为赚钱机器。
So, just what is the cost of modifying these power bank-dedicated vehicles?
那么，改装这些充电宝专用车的成本到底是多少呢？
According to Litchi News, a reporter consulted an e-bike repair shop owner who stated that simply adding an “inverter” to convert the low voltage of the bike’s battery to 220V can power the power-bank podium.
据荔枝新闻报道，记者咨询了一位电动车维修店老板，店主表示，只要加一个“逆变器”，将自行车电瓶的低压电压转换为220V，就可以为充电台供电。
But the owner also admitted that while modification is possible, it is not recommended. Furthermore, searching for keywords on e-commerce platforms and secondhand online trading platforms reveals numerous individuals and businesses selling “dedicated transformers for shared-power banks”, priced from ¥80-150.
但车主也承认，虽然可以改装，但不建议改装。此外，在电商平台和二手网上交易平台上搜索关键词，发现大量个人和企业出售“共享充电宝专用变压器”，售价在80-150元不等。
Such transformers lack a brand name, manufacturer, address and contact information on their labeling.
此类变压器的标签上没有品牌名称、制造商、地址和联系信息。
From a legal standpoint, Article 12 of the “Jiangsu Province E-Bike Management Regulations” for example, stipulates that no unit or individual may modify the motor and battery of an e-bike, or replace them with motors and batteries that do not meet mandatory-national standards.
从法律角度来看，例如《江苏省电动自行车管理条例》第十二条规定，任何单位和个人不得改装电动自行车电机和电池，或者更换不符合国家强制性标准的电机和电池。
Those concerns aside, many of these operators are earning scores of renminbi every day from their mobile efforts.
抛开这些担忧不谈，这些运营商中的许多运营商每天都通过移动业务赚取大量人民币。
That’s because of the business model for shared power-bank units. Meituan, Energy Monster and now even Douyin have arranged it so that 80 percent of the rental for power banks is typically given to the point of rental. This is the incentive that lies behind the emergence of shared power-bank podiums on the back of e-bikes.
这是因为共享移动电源的商业模式。美团、怪兽能量，现在连抖音都安排了，充电宝80%的租金一般都给了租赁点。这就是电动自行车后部共享充电平台出现背后的诱因。
Despite the rapid rise of the new enterprise, Meituan has not been slow to respond, already equipping its new e-bikes with two shared-power banks, directly utilising the bike’s own power supply.
尽管新企业迅速崛起，美团的反应也不慢，已经为旗下新款电动自行车配备了两个共享充电宝，直接利用自行车自身的电源。
With such use of shared-power banks as an entry point for high-frequency service, the move is expected to connect to more local-life services in the future.
以共享充电宝作为高频服务的切入点，未来有望接入更多本地生活服务。
