If you're a fan of Mazda's unconventional approach to damn near everything, from the wacky Skyactiv-X compression-ignition engine tech to the legendary Wankel rotary engine that the company perfected ...

View post: Toyota’s New Factory Will Need Help from Foreigners to Survive Range extenders might still serve a purpose for a little while. More range-extended EVs would probably have better served the ...

TOKYO — Mazda's plans to resurrect its trademark rotary engine as a part of an electrified range extender are now on the back burner. The rotary range extender had been expected next year as part of ...

It's anyone's guess how or why Mazda thought it was a good application for its famed rotary engine. Mazda’s MX-30 has one of the shortest ranges of any EV on the market, with an EPA-estimated range of ...

If you are following the Mazda story about rotary engines as range extenders for EVs, you must still be confused with what the company seems to have said to Automotive News and Roadshow. To the first, ...

Stephen Edelstein July 13, 2021 Comment Now! Mazda may be putting a planned rotary-engine range extender on hold, according to an Automotive News report. Once a Mazda trademark, the rotary engine was ...

According to the initial plans, the rotary range extender was supposed to launch globally in the first half of 2022, with a focus on the United States and Europe. However, Mazda spokesman Masahiro ...

After what feels like countless news stories anticipating its return, the rotary engine is officially back as a backup generator for the new Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV. Whereas the regular MX-30 is a ...

According to a report from motor1.com, the long-awaited MX-30 R-EV is expected to debut at the Brussels Motor Show on January 13, 2023. In addition to the all-electric drive of the MX-30, the R-EV ...

After years of teasing enthusiasts, Mazda has confirmed that its famed Rotary powerplant will return in the US, though not as a standalone engine, but as part of the plug-in hybrid system of the MX-30 ...

Mazda’s MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV uses a single rotor, 830-cc rotary engine to generate electricity. The MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV is a series hybrid, which means the range-extender does not provide ...

Mazda has for quite some time promised that its famed rotary engine would return in the form of a range extender, but that plan may now take longer to become a reality than initially planned. The ...