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Slender Comfort Vehicles: Offering the Best of Both Worlds

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Brink Dynamics has developed a new tilting technology (DVC) that enables the existence of a new class of vehicles, thus opening up attractive market opportunities for the automotive industry. The Carver, the first tilting Slender Comfort Vehicle (SCV) in series production, has recently achieved European Road Certification.

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  1. Chris van den Brink
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  2. Harry Kroonen
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  3. Peter van den Brink
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  4. Anthonie van den Brink
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van den Brink, C., Kroonen, H., van den Brink, P. et al. Slender Comfort Vehicles: Offering the Best of Both Worlds. AutoTechnol 4, 56–59 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03246808

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