The well-attended special exhibition "Milestones of automobility" has been running at the Autovision Museum Foundation since October 2013.
Inventors and their legendary inventions, which made a significant contribution to the development of individual transportation, are presented in life-size format at 17 stations. As you would expect from Autovision, there is also multimedia background information, some of which even amazes passionate motorists.
Inventors and their innovations
Right at the entrance to the museum is the world's first roadworthy electric car, built by J. Perry in 1881, which is the only example still in existence and can only be seen here. Next to it is the world's first car with an internal combustion engine by Carl Benz, which was not invented until five years later.
Just a few meters further on, you can find out all the important details about the engineers Gottlieb Daimler and Rudolf Diesel, without whose combustion engines automobility might look very different today.
The world's only permanent Wankel exhibition is no less spectacular. There, the forefather of the rotary piston, Felix Wankel, and Kenichi Yamamoto, the head of development at the Japanese automotive group Mazda, stand face to face.
There are also plenty of unique pieces on display, from the first test bench to the perfected Renesis Wankel engine.
In all 5 exhibition areas of the Museum Autovision, a kind of "inventor's road" leads through the history of mobility, from the spark plug to the car of the future with a fuel cell.
Since 2002 in the form of a journey through time
As the Autovision's entire exhibition concept has been structured like a unique journey through the history of automobility since its opening in 2002, the decision has now been made to integrate the current special exhibition as a permanent part of the permanent exhibition. "The 17 life-size inventors and their inventions are an excellent addition to all areas of the exhibition.
Further information can be found on the museum's website.
