Tag: PIT Group

PIT Group Joins Truck Platooning Research

PIT Group Joins Truck Platooning Research

| August 9, 2017

PIT Group, the research and engineering branch of FPInnovations focused on improving fleet maintenance and operations in the North American, has announced that it is participating in Transport Canada’s Cooperative Truck Platooning Systems (CTPS) testing program that began July 24th and will end August 18th at the Motor Vehicle Test Centre in Blainville, Quebec. Supported […]

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PIT Group to Offer Independent ELD Verification

PIT Group to Offer Independent ELD Verification

| October 25, 2016

North American engineering and research firm, PIT Group, has announced plans to offer testing and verification of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs). The company notes that its independent, unbiased testing will follow the latest version of the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Test Plan and Procedures issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety […]

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PIT Group To Conduct Fuel Efficiency Tests for U.S. Xpress

PIT Group To Conduct Fuel Efficiency Tests for U.S. Xpress

| October 11, 2016

PIT Group, an engineering and research group for the North American trucking industry, has announced that it will conduct its first In-Service Fuel Testing on powertrain combinations in the U.S. Suppliers are currently being invited to participate in the evaluations for U.S. Xpress, Inc., which will take place from November 7-11, 2016  at the carrier’s […]

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PIT Group to host the Energotest: independent verification of truck tech performance

PIT Group to host the Energotest: independent verification of truck tech performance

| August 26, 2013

FPInnovations’ Performance Innovation Transport (PIT) group, a not-for-profit engineering and research center for the North American trucking industry, has announced that it will host its biannual Energotest® event at the Transport Canada test track operated by PMG Technologies in Blainville, Quebec, September 11 to 19, 2013. The event will feature fuel consumption tests comparing North […]

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