TRALA's bi-weekly publication includes news and announcements from around the industry and updates from the Association. If you wish to have information included in a future edition of EnRoute, please send to TRALA's Elizabeth Hyers at ehyers@trala.org.

There are three critical infrastructure-related challenges that must be met to convert the United States truck fleet nationwide from gasoline and diesel power to battery-electric drive, according to a report released by the American Transportation Research Institute. FULL STORY

Calculating energy costs per mile for electric vehicles and comparing them to fuel costs for an internal combustion engine vehicle is an important metric as you migrate your mixed fleet toward electric vehicles and chart expenses for both. FULL STORY

THE LARSON GROUP PETERBILT (TLG) opened its 24th facility in South Bend, Indiana, which marks the company's fourth in the state, joining Evansville, Jeffersonville, and Great Lakes facilities. . . NAVISTAR and TuSimple ended their nearly two-and-a-half-year partnership intended to co-develop SAE Level 4 autonomous semi-trucks for production by 2024. . . GENERAL MOTORS opened its first Canadian electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Ingersoll, Ontario with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford in attendance. . . DANA INCORPORATED signed a long-term agreement with Semikron Danfoss to secure the supply of silicon-carbide semiconductors, which are designed to be scalable in multiple-chip formats. . . FORD PRO announced that it has partnered with Deutsche Post DHL Group to accelerate electrification of DHL’s last-mile delivery fleet worldwide with the purchase of more than 2,000 Ford’s E-Transit electric vans, by the end of 2023. . . PETERBILT'S TECHNICIAN INSTITUTE graduated its 100th class consisting of 10 graduates which are the latest of nearly 1,000 factory-certified advanced technicians trained and placed at Peterbilt dealer service locations since 2013. . . ENTERPRISE TRUCK RENTAL recently opened a new location in Marietta, Georgia to provide customers truck rental solutions, including cargo vans, box trucks and tow-capable pickup trucks for both business and personal use. . . RYDER SYSTEM, INC. introduced a new drop-and-hook trailer service to complement its freight brokerage business by leveraging available capacity through its peer-to-peer truck- and trailer-sharing platform, COOP by Ryder to give customers access to a fleet of dry and refrigerated trailers. . . UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURING COMPANY and BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS are celebrating 15 years of collaborating “to put the safest trailers possible on the road” by developing solutions that deliver “safety, performance, and efficiency” to North American roadways. . . GEOTAB announced that roadside assistance services powered by Agero are now available to the fleet telematics company’s customers. . . VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA delivered seven VOLVO VNR Electric heavy-duty trucks to RYDER SYSTEM to support local supply chain routes servicing the Volvo Group’s own truck assembly operations in Pennsylvania. . . THERMO KING'S single and multi-temperature truck refrigeration units manufactured in North America will be the standard with lower Global Warming Potential R452A refrigerant.

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