Once left behind due to high fuel consumption and fragile reliability, the rotary engine, long championed by Mazda, is making ...

The Van Veen OCR1000 was a rotary-powered engineering flex and one of the rarest motorcycles ever made. And now, it can be ...

Chinese firm Dongan Auto revives the Wankel engine, developing a lightweight prototype aimed at next-gen aerial mobility ...

According to the official sales specifications of the Mazda MX-30 for the U.S., the small electric SUV will continue to be offered only with an all-electric powertrain. This means that the North ...

Everyone generally knows about piston and rotary engines, with many a flamewar having been waged over the pros and cons of each design. The “correct” answer is thus to combine both ...

Once again Mazda lives up to its reputation as a brand for unconventional solutions. Proof is the new electric MX-30 R-EV equipped with a range extender powered by a Wankel engine. This rotary piston ...

The rotary engine, previously a staple in Mazda's lineup, is an engine design that foregoes the round piston and singular chamber of a regular reciprocal internal combustion engine. Instead, the ...

It rose to prominence in the Mazda RX-7 model line, but the last new car feature one was the Mazda RX-8. Since then, Mazda has been continually developing the technology with the aim of bringing it ...

What goes around comes around and around and around. Eleven years after discontinuing it, Mazda has brought back its signature rotary engine in an unusual way. It turned it into a range-extending ...

Professor Aniebiet Inyang Ntui is a multi-faceted individual whose expertise spans the worlds of library and information science, environmental advocacy, and – perhaps surprisingly – the automotive ...

Rotary engines made their biggest impact in Mazda sports cars, but a recent episode of "Jay Leno's Garage" delves into the rotary's earlier history. Before it was popularized by Mazda, the rotary ...

Part two of the Quest for Power series breaks down rotary and radial engines, why circular layouts solved cooling and reliability, and why they also came with nasty tradeoffs. From WWI rotaries to ...