In the late 1960s, a Japanese automaker took a bold leap with an unconventional engine that defied traditional design.

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Now, engineers are looking at ways to disconnect the engine from the driveshaft entirely. Instead of the power being directed to a generator, the piston engine will be the generator itself.

It highlights the simplicity, fewer moving parts, and efficiency of the rotary engine compared to traditional piston engines. The film explains the ignition process in both engine types and ...

As the piston moves back up the cylinder ... One example is Mazda with its Renesis rotary engine. This lives under the hood of its 2004-2011 RX-8 sports car, and due to an abnormal amount of failures, ...

One of them was the Spanish startup's claim that it was a one-stroke engine. Such a concept suggests that a single piston stroke can suck air into the combustion chamber, compress it, burn the ...

I have already written about LiquidPiston and its XTS-210, but Avadi's idea is even more striking: it is a reciprocating engine that works as a rotary. Imagine an ICE with a single piston.

Sadly it’s genius that’s hamstrung by a couple of flaws - most notably difficulties in sealing the rotor tips - which effectively ended its challenge to conventional piston engines. So, which were ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) James Harden scored 50 points, his 24th career 50-point game and first with the Clippers, as Los Angeles beat the Detroit Pistons 123-115 on Wednesday night. Harden scored ...

The Detroit Pistons will play the second game of their four-game West Coast trip on Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Clippers. The Pistons, winners of 10 of their last 11 games dating over ...

In the end, emerging rotary technology was simply not as viable as implementing restrictions on the well-understood piston engine during such a critical and delicate time period in automotive history.