Despite electrification taking the lead as an alternative source of propulsion, some automakers, including Toyota, Honda, and ...
The rotary was the most radical rethink of the combustion engine in over a hundred years — and it paid the price for being different. Mazda introduced the innovative Wankel rotary engine in the 1967 ...
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This abandoned engine idea nearly changed the auto industry forever
At one point in automotive history, engineers believed they had found a completely new path for internal combustion. The ...
The traditional piston engine has garnered the vast majority of attention and application in the internal combustion age, but there was another: the Wankel rotary engine. German engineer Felix Wankel ...
When it comes to unconventional engine design, few exceed the Wankel rotary in terms of weirdness. Despite that, the same basic principles of internal combustion apply here: Fuel and air are mixed and ...
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