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Electric trucks at low-carbon crossroads

This file photo, dated June 7, 2023, shows trucks queuing up for scaling before using Highway 347 in Ayutthaya province. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

The trucks that keep Thailand moving may soon decide how well the country competes in a low-carbon world -- if the government gets it right.

They haul everything -- food, fuel, exports -- linking every part of the economy. For decades, they have been the quiet backbone of economic growth. Now they sit at the centre of a much bigger shift: the race to cut carbon as global trade rules tighten.

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