The present disclosure relates to methods and associated systems for providing two energy storage devices positioned in a device-exchange station. The method includes, for example, (1) receiving a request for retrieving two energy storage devices in the device-exchange station; (2) selecting a first energy storage device from a plurality of energy storage devices positioned in the device-exchange station based on characteristic information of each of the energy storage devices; (3) selecting a second energy storage device from the rest of the plurality of energy storage devices positioned in the device-exchange station based on the characteristic information of the first energy storage device and the rest of the plurality of energy storage devices; and (4) releasing the first and second energy storage device.