Deliveries in Germany are set to launch in March, while prices elsewhere have not yet been announced. The battery-electric SUV is expected to cost under £30,000 in the UK. Rumour also has it that a variant with a Wankel rotary engine will follow later as a range extender. The MX-30...
The new model pairs a 125kW AC synchronous motor and 17.8kWh battery (running at 355V) with an 830cc, single-rotor Wankel engine and 50-liter fuel tank. The result is 85km range on pure EV, over 640km in hybrid mode and emissions of 21g/km on the WLTP cycle. The question is, ...
In order to stay independent in Japan, Mazda is mandated to create its own technological expertise. Following licensing of the Wankel rotary engine from German automaker NSU, Mazda perfects the engine for its Cosmo 110S luxury sports coupe. ...
Mazda announced plans to continue developing Wankel rotary engines for use as generators on upcoming electric vehicles last month and says it plans to stay the course. The automaker, which used high-revving rotary engines in its performance vehicles through 2008, remained committed to repurposing them...
Mazda is looking at alternative solutions to carbon-neutral motoring. The brand recently announced that it established anew rotary development programthat it believes will make breakthroughs on the journey to eco-friendly combustion engines. While details remain scant, Mazda could use the Wankel setup ...
The trademark filing shows the rounded-triangle shape of a Wankel rotary engine’s rotor inside of which is the letter “e”. According toHatena Blog, it falls under a group of eight trademarks the company filed, four of which pertain to something called “e-SKYACTIV R...
Even today Mazda remains wedded to the technology, and plans to reintroduce a Wankel unit as a range-extender for the all-electric MX-30. What separates the R130 from every other Mazda rotary, however, was the fact that its 13A engine – developed specifically for it and only ever used by...
After all, it’s the brand that made the Wankel rotary engine famous - known for its use in the RX-7 and RX-8, and recently revived as a range-extender for the MX-30. Even more recently, it’s offered the Skyactiv-X engine, a high-compressi...
合约中阐明前者不仅须付10年的Wankel Engine专利授权费2.8亿日圆,且日后无条件将相关产品研发专利让予NSU,另一方面每打造一辆转子引擎车款也须付相关专利费用。虽然被对方吃死死,但是为了在竞争激烈环境下生存,Mazda也只能破釜沉舟,并乞求幸运之神眷顾。 回国后这引擎改良重任交给R360总工程师山本健一负责,并且在公司...
Mazda ended production of the rotary engine in June 2011 when the RX-8 was discontinued. Now, it has returned to serve as a range extender in the MX-30.