Mazda’s latest patent has reignited hopes for the return of the rotary engine, but will it make its way into production ...

Mazda’s latest patent signals a return of the legendary rotary engine, reimagined as a hybrid power source for a new generation of sports cars.

Idled for 11 years, Mazda Motor Corp.'s famed rotary engine is set to roar back to life this spring, this time helping to power a plug-in hybrid vehicle. The rotary engine, which Mazda was the ...

The vehicle in question is the plug-in Mazda MX-30 Rotary-EV gas-electric hybrid that, according to the company, boasts a maximum driving range for cars in its class. “The rotary engine was the ...

Mazda is once again manufacturing the rotary ... Being integrated into a range extender-style plug-in hybrid, the rotary engine doesn’t actually drive the front wheels, instead acting as a ...

A two-stage electric turbo and hybrid powertrain would allegedly ... but we still take the rotary's return with a grain of salt. Mazda CEO Masamichi Kogai is adamant that it's not worth the ...

Most recently, Mazda’s Executive Officer for Powertrain Development Ichiro Hirose said the automaker is “considering” using a rotary hybrid engine, but claimed that it would be purely for ...

Mazda isn't ready to give up on bringing the ... 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 ...

The Mazda's hybrid system, sourced from Toyota ... In all other instances, the system requires the use of a cumbersome rotary controller on the center console. Despite being somewhat dated ...

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