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

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

Rotary engines, known for their unique design and compact size, have been predominantly associated with Mazda. However, engineers and automotive enthusiasts have experimented with incorporating these ...

Mazda filed six patents related to rotary engines with the Japanese Patent Office on the same day in June, CarBuzz has discovered. The Wankel rotary engine popularized by Mazda will make its return as ...

It's difficult to imagine that a company that started out as a cork manufacturer in 1920, would today be a successful automaker on a global level. According to Statista, Mazda sold around 407,000 ...

An innovative new combustion engine eliminates half the guts of a traditional engine, and uses a fascinating internally rotating piston and sleeve arrangement, making it lighter, simpler and more ...

As demands for sustainability ramp up, electric vehicle systems have become one of the major focuses of the engineering scene, with certain governments even hoping to gradually phase out traditional ...

Photo: Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. Though ICEs have evolved tremendously during the last century, most of the units that powered production cars share many similarities. However, a few companies ...

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 ...