Explore the captivating process of building a one-of-a-kind rotary valve engine, boasting cutting-edge intake and exhaust ...

Mazda's rotary engine, discontinued in 2012 with the RX-8, is making a comeback in the MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV. The new engine is a compact 830 cm3 single-rotor generator, adapted to meet modern needs.

A Wankel engine is a type of rotary engine, but not all rotary engines are Wankel engines. Wrapping your mind around this idea will help you to better understand the similarities as well as the ...

Rotary engines (also known as Wankel engines and Wankel rotary engines) are quite different from piston or "reciprocating" engines. One of the distinguishing features is that they don't need ...

Rather than using its rotary engine to power the vehicle directly, the MX-30 R-EV uses the engine to drive a generator. The electricity produced is then used to power an electric motor ...

Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) will accelerate its research and development of rotary engines (RE) that are adapted to the new era in its efforts to continue to deliver the joy of cars through ...

Rotary engines have an aura of cool. In games of Top Trumps, the V12 might have been king, but a rotary was a joker, a wild card. A lack of mainstream success no doubt contributes; there are ...

The rotary is kind of like the Rudy (from the movie “Rudy”) of engines. It’s a little smaller than the others, and might not be quite as good, but you can’t help rooting for it.

TOKYO -- Mazda Motor's iconic rotary engine has found new life for the first time in 11 years as a generator for a new plug-in hybrid vehicle, coming as the Japanese automaker grapples to find ...