Internal combustion engines have long been at the heart of automobiles, serving as their main driving force over the decades. Traditionally, combustion engines rely on a configuration of cylinders ...

While there have been many attempts to develop and commercialize pistonless rotary engines, there are only two versions that have had any degree of real success outside of a lab: the Wankel engine ...

Some of those engineers work at the engine development firm LiquidPiston, which has created a 70cc pistonless rotary engine that it expects to produce five horsepower at an astounding 15,000 RPM ...

The U.S. Air Force is bankrolling development of a pistonless internal combustion engine that would provide unmanned aerial vehicles with more power and greater torque in a smaller, lighter package.

The rotary engine is undoubtedly best known for powering a series of flyweight RX-series sports cars , particularly various generations of RX-7.Sadly, Mazda hasn't offered a Wankel-powered ...

Aliaksei Zholner's talent, for instance, is making tiny functional engines out of paper, and after tackling a V8 and a V8 with a throttle, he's on to the rotary approach.

Mazda working on multiple rotary engines, has no plans for SkyActiv V6. The minds at Car and Driver recently took a moment to speak with Robert Davis, senior vice president of Mazda U.S ...

Mazda spokesperson Jacob Brown confirmed that the automaker has continued to study and develop range-extending technologies based around the pistonless engine, and he also confirmed that Mazda is ...

While this style of pistonless engine isn't in use much anymore, Zholner's recreation makes them accessible. You might not have all the tools needed to make an engine of your own, but you probably ...