The KKM design was quickly adopted and licensed. This engine is the basis of the modern “Wankel” rotary engine. Piston powered engines, chiefly the Otto and Diesel cycle, are current kings of ...

Sadly, the rotary engine basically died off in 2008 when production of the RX-8 sports car ceased. However, a humble little SUV has re-introduced such tech into the modern automotive landscape ...

As the automotive industry embraces the electric revolution, one automaker stands firm in its commitment to an engine type ...

This development group has the hard task of trying to make the rotary stack up to modern internal combustion engines in terms of emissions and fuel-economy standards. Neither factor were ever ...

The issue, as it has pretty much always been, is environmental. While the Wankel rotary engine does indeed make a lot of power in a small, lightweight package, it does so while burning lots of ...

2017 marks fifty years since Mazda produced its first Wankel rotary-engined car ... the majority powered by 982cc twin-rotor “10A” engines units designated 0810 and 0813.

and although the latest generation of Renesis rotary engines were far more efficient than its predecessors, it just couldn’t deliver the same power, torque and high-mpg ratings as modern ...