Bangkok Governor Chadchart Siripant says the 1,347-truck, 5-year EV garbage truck lease (6,000 million baht) has not passed the Bangkok council, so the city will go back to leasing fuel-powered trucks for now. The governor denies corruption and says the project is transparent. The article claims EV trucks would cut energy costs by about 54% versus diesel (4,745 million baht over 5 years), using diesel at 39 baht/litre and electricity at 6 baht/unit. It also says the city will not lay off waste staff and will shrink headcount through retirements. For a small business, the signal is mainly that the city's public-sector EV and outsourcing demand is on hold and unresolved; nothing requires action from your business yet.