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This category lists vehicles using the Wankel engine. See also: Category:Motorcycles powered by Wankel engines Pages in category "Cars powered by Wankel engines"
The Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE is a 2003 bi-fuel version of the RX-8 sports car, in which the twin-rotor wankel rotary engine is configured to run on either hydrogen or gasoline. This is the fifth Mazda vehicle to be fitted with a hydrogen wankel rotary engine.
Production of the vehicle, which is Mazda's first mass-produced electric car, began at their Ujina factory on 19 May 2020. [7] Mazda is one of the first and only automakers currently producing a Wankel engine with a rotary piston, it was last delivered in the Mazda RX-8 and is sold in the Mazda MX-30 since October 2023. [8]
The Mazda RX-Vision Concept, powered by a Skyactiv-R rotary engine, was unveiled in 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. [57] In 2023, Mazda unveiled the first production version of this generation of rotary engines. Used in the Mazda MX-30 R-EV, the engine provides 56 kW (75 hp) at 4500rpm and has a displacement of 830 cc in a single-rotor design. [58]
Although Mazda is well known for their Wankel "rotary" engines, the company has been manufacturing piston engines since the earliest years of the Toyo Kogyo company. Early on, they produced overhead camshaft, aluminum blocks, and an innovative block containing both the engine and transmission in one unit.
The Mazda Wankel engines are a family of Wankel rotary combustion car engines produced by Mazda. [ 7 ] Wankel engines were invented in 1950s by Felix Wankel , a German engineer.