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The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles ... Browsing Mazda and rotary forums shows people rebuilding somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 miles. However, this all must be ...

Today, the car is remembered as a cult hero. And though it’s true that the RX-7’s rotary engine can need a rebuild in as little as 60,000 miles (worn rotor tips are the main cause), a well ...

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 ...

The latest version adds a rotary engine to its compact predecessor, with prices ranging from 4.2 million yen ($28,000) to 4.9 million yen after tax. The MX-30 Rotary-EV will arrive on the Japanese ...

super-efficient engine that functions a lot like Wankel rotary units. Despite that, LiquidPiston says the unit can deliver 50 percent efficiency compared to a traditional gasoline engine which ...

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.

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 ...

Mazda is once again manufacturing the rotary engine, but before you get too excited thinking it’ll be found in a sporty RX-7 successor, best temper those expectations. That’s because the new ...

The new Toyota Prius is a PHEV, while Mazda’s MX-30 R-EV is a rotary-engined range extender. Which takes charge here?

In the RE prototype, the engine was exclusively used to charge the lithium-ion batteries when they were running low, and a 100-horsepower electric motor provided all of the propulsion.