Goodbye rotary engines. Here is why many automakers have stopped using them in their cars, and also why rotary engines won't ...

Rotary engines have a long, growing combustion chamber as the rotor spins, making complete combustion difficult - not great for fuel economy. They’re also difficult to seal, ...

4 Reasons Why The Rotary Engine Is Dead. The Wankel engine was last seen in a production car in the Mazda RX-8, and currently there are no rotary engines in production. Mazda may bring it back in ...

One of the rotary engine's biggest champions, AIE has been advancing rotary design since 2012. ... Diagram of the Compact SPARCS cooling system. Advanced Innovative Engineering. 6 / 7.

A rotary engine may go against the automotive norm, but it's actually a very simple alternative - in technical terms at least. Rotary engines gained niche appeal and status with the Mazda RX-7 sports ...

Mazda has not given up on the rotary engine but is repurposing it for modern electric vehicles. The Mazda MX-30 e-SKYACTIV R-EV plug-in hybrid comes with a 0.8-liter (830cc) rotary engine.

The rotary engine in the 1991 RX-7 featured twin turbo charging, which enabled its output of around 250 horsepower from a compact package. (© Mazda) In the early 1960s, ...

The rotary engine hasn’t been a primary propulsion system for Mazda since the end of the RX-8 in 2012. That car didn’t give the rotary the best sendoff, either, as it suffered from several issues.

A new rotary engine for Mazda sports cars is entering development, and could bring all sorts of groundbreaking tech to the RX-7's successor.

The rotary engine has no need for the likes of crankshafts, connecting rods or complex valvetrains. In fact, there’s no need for valves – the rotor takes care of the whole deal with a few ports.

Rotary engines have an aura of cool. In games of Top Trumps, the V12 might have been king, ... We're trying to stretch the PV diagram in every direction to get more energy, ...