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Mazda declares it will cut consumption by 30% by 2015

Mazda has declared that by the middle of the decade they will have replaced their entire powertrain lineup and cut fuel consumption by 30 percent. On the powertrain side, engines will be upgraded across the board including a new direct injected wankel rotary. In 2009, a new Smart Idle Stop system will debut that restarts the engine using the direct injection system instead of the starter. Fuel will be sprayed directly into the cylinder and ignited to get the pistons moving. New gas engines will get direct injection and Mazda will add new clean ... Read more →

Tokyo Preview: Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid Jeremy Korzeniewski

Mazda has been leasing a version of their RX8 in Japan with a hydrogen fueled rotary engine since '06. At this year's Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda will be showing a new version of their Hydrogen-RE Hybrid ...

Tokyo Preview: Mazda's swoopy Taiki concept features revised rotary engine Jeremy Korzeniewski

Since we've already shared the news with you that Mazda is going to be showing a second-generation Renesis rotary engine at the Tokyo Motor Show, dubbed the Renesis 2, why not show you the wrapper ...

Some potential rotary news for you rotorheads Jeremy Korzeniewski

Depending on how you choose to measure it, Mazda's Wankel rotary could be as big as 2.6 liters already, but to most people, the engine has always been 1.3 liters. While the engine has never been ...

Mazda celebrates 40 years of their rotary engine Shane Addie

Forty years ago, the first vehicle powered by a rotary engine debuted as the Mazda Cosmo Sport. Since then, Mazda has manufactured nearly two million rotary-powered vehicles. The rotary engine has ...

Rotary engine below SULEV standard on ethanol 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

A month ago, Joel noted that Moller, the makers of the Skycar, found ethanol to be the perfect fuel for its Rotapower rotary engines. Today, Moller announced in a new press release that with ethanol, they're achieving remarkably low emissions. When adjusted for an automobile traveling at 70 mph the ...

Skycar maker likes ethanol 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Remember the Skycar (pictured)? Well, its maker, Moller International, Inc., finds ethanol to be a perfect fuel for its Rotapower(R) rotary engine line. The company had tested the engine using gasoline, diesel, natural gas, and alcohol and found it ran best using ethanol. States founder Paul Moller, ...


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