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Old 08-29-2012, 01:38 PM
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Mazda confirms rotary range extender?
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Mazda Boss Reveals More About Rotary Range Extender | The Truth About Cars

“The rotary has very good dynamic performance, but if you accelerate and brake a lot there are efficiency disadvantages. The range extender overcomes that. We can keep it spinning at it’s most efficient 2000rpm while also taking advantage of it’s size.”
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somewhat old news.

How Audi Hybrids Could Keep the Wankel Rotary Alive - Feature - Car and Driver
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So it will be quite some time before we actually see another rotary sports car then, that is a shame. This is working off of what is said in there about the next generation rotary being a plug in car, so I doubt they will release 2 generations at once.
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Originally Posted by paimon.soror
As a concept, yes. The news, as far as I know, that Mazda will make one, is new.
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