: an internal combustion rotary engine that has a rounded triangular rotor functioning as a piston and rotating in a space in the engine and that has only two major moving parts
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Its latest release shows that Wankel engines can be a perfect fit for compact, power-demanding applications in robotics and aerospace.
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New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2024
Mazda began studying the Wankel engine's potential in 1960 and signed a technical agreement with the patent holders a year later.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2023
Ultimately, high emissions and low fuel economy, inherent in the design, compounded by insurmountable reliability issues, eventually sent the Wankel engine out to pasture.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2022
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New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2024
Mazda began studying the Wankel engine's potential in 1960 and signed a technical agreement with the patent holders a year later.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2023
Ultimately, high emissions and low fuel economy, inherent in the design, compounded by insurmountable reliability issues, eventually sent the Wankel engine out to pasture.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2022
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“Wankel engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wankel%20engine. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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