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 ...

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 ...

View post: This Super-Rare Shelby 427 Cobra is Hitting the Auction Block Range extenders might still serve a purpose for a little while. More range-extended EVs would probably have better served the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

While rotary engines have been on hiatus in Mazda's stable for a few years now—since the RX-8 left the automaker's lineup in 2012—rumors of a comeback for rotary tech have popped up from time to time.

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 ...

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 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 ...