In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sat down with Alec Shkolnik, co-founder and CEO of LiquidPiston, to explore how ...

Through the history of internal combustion engines, there has been plenty of evolution, but few revolutions. Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel.

Toyota, known for pioneering hybrid technology, is reshaping the future of automobiles. The automaker is waking up from its ...

That is, of course, except for the rotary engine. Developed by a Nazi ... as a piston is driven up and down a cylinder which ...

We all know about opinions – everyone’s got one etcetera – but there’s perhaps nothing quite as divisive in the automotive world as the rotary engine. Aficionados will wax lyrical about ...

This development group has the hard task of trying to make the rotary stack up to modern internal combustion engines in terms of emissions and fuel-economy standards. Neither factor were ever ...

Mazda however, is uniquely positioned to take advantage of hydrogen as a combustion fuel. They are, after all, the only manufacturer currently building Wankel rotary engines. The nature of the ...

That’s because the new rotary engine is being used in the MX-30 EV ... starting with the combustion chamber’s side housings which are now made of aluminium rather than steel.

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 global shift towards electric vehicles (EVs) seems promising, especially as we face an environmental crisis driven by carbon emissions. However, as humanity strives to reduce greenhouse gases, we ...