Museum Autovision is a museum for

cars A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than cargo. There are around one billio ...

motorcycles A motorcycle (motorbike, bike; uni (if one-wheeled); trike (if three-wheeled); quad (if four-wheeled)) is a lightweight private 1-to-2 passenger personal motor vehicle Steering, steered by a Motorcycle handlebar, handlebar from a saddle-style ...

bicycles A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A is called a cyclist, or bicyclist. ...

Altlußheim Altlußheim is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to Rhein-Neckar-Kreis. Altlußheim sits in the Rhine rift directly on the right bank of a meandering of the Rhine, where the Kriegbach flows into the R ...

, a small town in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. The museum specializes in vehicles built by

NSU Motorenwerke AG NSU Motorenwerke AG, or NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. Acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969, VW merged NSU with Auto Union, creating Audi NSU Auto Union AG, ultimately Audi. The NSU i ...

, and in

alternative propulsion An alternative fuel vehicle is a motor vehicle that runs on alternative fuel rather than traditional petroleum-based fossil fuels such as gasoline, petrodiesel or liquefied petroleum gas (autogas). The term typically refers to internal combustio ...

. The exhibits include the original equipment from an NSU workshop from the 1920s. The museum also has a display of more than 80

Wankel engine The Wankel engine (, ) is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric (mechanism), eccentric Pistonless rotary engine, rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion. The concept was proven by German engineer Felix Wankel, f ...

s; on display are also a dozen cars and three bicycles with Wankel engines. This also includes a cut-away model of the

NSU Ro 80 The NSU Ro 80 is a four-door, front-engine executive sedan manufactured and marketed by the West German firm NSU from 1967 until 1977. Noted for innovative, aerodynamic styling by Claus Luthe and a technologically advanced powertrain, the Ro ...

. For owners of electric cars a solar-supported

charging station A charging station, also known as a charge point, chargepoint, or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), is a power supply electrical device, device that supplies electrical power for recharging plug-in electric vehicles (including batter ...

is maintained. One of the few surviving

General Motors EV1 The General Motors EV1 is a battery electric car produced by the American automaker General Motors from 1996 until its demise in 1999. A subcompact car, the EV1 marked the introduction of mass produced and purpose-built battery electric veh ...

was on display in October 2008. Solartankstelle Museum Autovision 3

Science arena

The museum also has metal models that allow car parts such as engine, automatic transmission and differential to be traced, and metal models on power transfer. Finally, boxes are available for scientific experiments with prepared topics. There are about 50 moveable models that allow visitors to conduct interactive

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

experiments under real conditions. Topics include: * Mechanics * Caloric theory (Calorifics) * Optics and acoustics * Magnetism * Electricity * Electrochemistry.

Exhibits

Image:Schnittmodell des NSU Ro 80.JPG, cutaway model of

, made for IAA Image:Hercules Wankel 2000.JPG, Hercules Wankel 2000 Image:Linde-Wasserstofftank.JPG, Linde- tank for liquid H2 Image:Wasserstoffeinfüllstutzen eines BMW.jpg, filler neck for hydrogen of a

BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian Motor Works), is a German multinational manufacturer of vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Th ...

7 Image:La Jamais Contente Antrieb.JPG, motor of

La Jamais Contente ''La Jamais Contente'' (; ) was the first road vehicle to go over . It was a Belgian electric car, electric vehicle with a Aluminium alloy, light-alloy torpedo-shaped bodywork and Battery (electricity), batteries. The high position of the drive ...

Image:Nickel-Cadmium-Batterie.JPG, Nickel-cadmium battery of a

Peugeot Peugeot (, , ) is a French automobile brand owned by Stellantis. The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was established in 1810, making it the oldest car company in the world. On 20 November 1858, Émile Peugeot applie ...

electric car Image:ZEBRA-Batterie, Natrium-Nickelchlorid-Batterie .jpg,

Molten salt battery Molten-salt batteries are a class of battery that uses molten salts as an electrolyte and offers both a high energy density and a high power density. Traditional non-rechargeable thermal batteries can be stored in their solid state at room tempe ...

Image:Lithium-Ionen-Accumulator.jpg,

Lithium-ion battery A lithium-ion or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery that uses the reversible intercalation of Li+ ions into electronically conducting solids to store energy. Li-ion batteries are characterized by higher specific energy, energ ...

Image:1-Liter-VW (525150348).jpg,

Volkswagen 1-litre car The Volkswagen XL1 (VW 1-litre) is a two-person limited production diesel-powered plug-in hybrid produced by Volkswagen. The XL1 car was designed to be able to travel 100 km on 1 litre of diesel (), with a fully charged battery, while being ...

File:Ford Think im Museum Autovision.jpg,

Ford TH!NK In their most common sense, the terms thought and thinking refer to cognitive processes that can happen independently of sensory stimulation. Their most paradigmatic forms are judging, reasoning, concept formation, problem solving, and delib ...

External links

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