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 ...

View post: Is Car Ownership Dead? Why You Should Lease Your Daily Driver Range extenders might still serve a purpose for a little while. More range-extended EVs would probably have better served the ...

Mazda teased out the possible return of the rotary engine as a range extender in the MX-30 earlier this year, but now the rotary’s return appears to be official for Mazda’s new crossover. In a video ...

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, ...

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 ...

The electric-car revolution may give new life to an old gas engine. On Tuesday, timed to coincide with the Paris auto show, Mazda announced it will add plug-in capability and electric power to all of ...

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 ...

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 ...