When considering rotary engines, the Wankel engine often comes to mind due to its high power-to-weight ratio, though it ...
In a world dominated by pistons, the rotary engine was something different for motorists. It was the vision of German engineer Felix Wankel, built on the belief that the up-and-down motion of pistons ...
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 ...
The rotary engine has been a Mazda staple since 1967. It powered one of the most famous and eccentric Japanese sports car line-ups, the RX-series, until 2012 when Mazda discontinued pure ...
In an inline engine or ‘straight engine’, all cylinders are arranged in a single, straight line. This layout is simple, space ...
The rotary engine is easily one of the most controversial powertrains in the world of cars, and it's known for the brap-brap ...
Good news, everyone! Mazda is not only reassembling a dedicated team of engineers for rotary engine development, as we’ve reported earlier, but today it also announced its intention to expedite ...
Isaac Atienza is a Filipino motoring journalist who joined TopSpeed.com in 2021. He also owns a Filpino motoring website called Go Flat Out PH and is also a contributor to a local newspaper called The ...
Nematic liquid crystal elastomers (NLCEs) could perform as soft actuators because they generate greater contraction stress than ordinary rubber in response to a temperature rise of several tens of ...