LiquidPiston is testing a 10-kW generator it's prototyped for the US military, which it claims is just a quarter of the size ...

However, times have changed, with only a select few Mazda vehicles utilizing the rotary engine design and more often than not ...

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Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel. The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s.

Lifter tick in your vehicle stems from issues with the engine's mechanical or hydraulic lifters. Here's what causes this ...

Since it looks like Mazda may very well revive the Wankel rotary engine as a range extender for electric cars, there's no better time to become reacquainted with the quirky internal-combustion engine.

To know more about rotary motorcycles, we first have to get to know the rotary engine. Made by Dr. Felix Wankel in Germany in ...

Designed as a test bed for the rotary engine, the C111, like most concept cars, is a glimpse into what could've been.

Although there was briefly a company called Rotary Rocket, the term is much better known as a nickname for the Mazda RX-7 — one of the few cars that used a Wankel, or rotary, engine. If you ever ...

The principal flaw of the rotary engine was inefficient combustion, which led to poor fuel efficiency and emissions issues.

Please verify your email address. Rotary engines, often referred to as Wankel engines after their inventor, Felix Wankel, are a unique type of internal combustion engine. Unlike traditional piston ...