Motoring Weekly recently published an article about Toyota upsizing their highly efficient engine, and late last year, Mazda applied for a new patent relating to their version of a revised internal combustion engine. They have called it the Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition engine. Today they sell Skyactiv-G engines and this new one is dubbed Skyactiv-X. It takes … [Read more...]
Hydrogen Powered Cars
In the past few years many manufacturers who were developing prototype hydrogen powered cars have dropped them in favour of hybrids or pure electric cars. Ford, Nissan and Renault have all dropped their programs although BMW, Toyota and Mazda have been the three notable proponents of this technology who are pushing on with their development. Hyundai and Honda have also been … [Read more...]
Rotary Engines
When most people think of rotary engines, they think of Mazda’s RX series or the NSU Ro80 both with engines based on Felix Wankel’s design. However, the rotary engine has been around in different forms for at least 120 years. It was first used in aircraft until superseded by the radial engine. Early rotaries were the complete opposite of current car engines. In these … [Read more...]