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PTTOR's Cafe Amazon at Singapore's Jewel Changi Airport. The coffee shop chain is owned by Thailand's biggest petrol station network, and also counts branches in Cambodia, Japan, Oman, Vietnam and China.
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If more vehicles are going to be powered by electricity, what is going to happen to the ubiquitous petrol stations?
The head of Thailand's biggest petrol station network is betting US$1.5 billion (S$2 billion) that motorists will soon be stocking up on a different kind of fuel - coffee.
