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.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has removed another electronic logging device (ELD) from its list of registered ELDs, which marks the sixth-ever ELD removed and the fourth since the beginning of 2023. FULL STORY

The management of tolls isn’t often discussed as an industry challenge for fleets. But it should be. Anyone managing their fleet’s toll registrations and bills knows how time-consuming it can be to sort through toll receipts, invoices, and usage. FULL STORY

Great Dane has rolled out updates to its FleetPulse smart trailer system to include ABS fault code alerts and hub rotation mileage across all dry van, refrigerated, and flatbed trailers. FULL STORY

Thermo King recently introduced its Remote Operating Center, which is a new system that provides rapid, innovative roadside assistance for transport refrigeration units by combining technology and human expertise. FULL STORY

PacLease presented keys for two Peterbilt Model 579 EV Day Cabs to Truck King, a Dallas-area trucking company. The day cabs, on a full-service lease through PacLease Dallas, will be used for local line-haul operations which will run approximately 100 miles roundtrip. FULL STORY

PLM FLEET recently won the New Jersey Top Workplace Award for the fourth consecutive year. . . BENDIX ON-LINE BRAKE SCHOOL is celebrating 10 years in operation in 2023, which is an online curriculum consisting of more than 100 courses, delivering expert, accessible instruction and technical education to the trucking industry. . . VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS is partnering with Ascend to accelerate the advancement of autonomous driving technology. . . DAIMLER TRUCK FINANCIAL SERVICES has completed its initial global rollout with the start of operations in France and is now doing business in 16 markets worldwide and also recently celebrated production of the 750,000th vehicle built at its Mount Holly, North Carolina, truck manufacturing plant. . . PETERBILT recognized dealers for their exceptional performance in various categories, including sales, service, and customer satisfaction: North American Dealer Group of the Year: TLG Peterbilt; Sales Excellence Dealer Group of the Year: Rush Peterbilt Truck Centers; Medium Duty Dealer Group of the Year: Hunter Peterbilt; Red Oval Dealer Group of the Year: TLG Peterbilt; MX Engine Dealer Group of the Year: The Peterbilt Store; Parts Dealer Group of the Year: Peterbilt of Atlanta; Service Dealer Group of the Year: Allstate Peterbilt Group; TRP Dealer Group of the Year: JX Truck Center – Peterbilt; and, eCommerce Dealer of the Year: TLG Peterbilt. . . PENSKE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS published the results of its 2022 Telematics Use and Trends study, which examined who is using telematics devices and how fleet decision makers choose technology and use the information it generates. . . VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA named Ballard Truck Center the 2022 United States Dealer Group of the Year and Sheehan’s Truck Centre was named the 2022 Canadian Dealer Group of the Year. . . FORD PRO is boosting production of its E-Transit vans at the Kansas City Assembly Plant at the end of March 2023. . . MAXON announced that it has rolled out the first 150 Tuk-A-Way® GPT liftgates off its assembly line at its newly built Monterrey manufacturing plant.

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