Coffee, cookies and electric cars: Thai fuel giant bets billions on gas station of the future

A Cafe Amazon coffee shop owned by PTT Oil and Retail is pictured inside a gas station in Bangkok, Thailand, March 29, 2021. - Reuters

* PTTOR ramps up car charging stations, coffee chain franchise * Post-IPO, lines up $1.5 bln to revamp fuel retail network

BANGKOK, March 29 (Reuters): The head of Thailand's biggest gas station network has US$1.5 billion that says motorists will soon be stocking up on a different kind of fuel - coffee.