Despite electrification taking the lead as an alternative source of propulsion, some automakers, including Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai, are still researching hydrogen as a fuel source. Hydrogen has ...

Jack Hubbell is a European based writer and automotive enthusiast who joined the HotCars team in 2024. Jack has been building cars and motorcycles since a young age and was a member of the SCCA from ...

The Wankel rotary engine offers one of the most unique sounds of any ICE. Most famously used in various legendary Mazdas like the RX-7 and the supposedly banned Le ...

Another element of aviation is causing trouble for the air travel industry, and this time it’s the airplanes themselves. The companies that manufacture aircraft engines are increasingly coming under ...

4 Reasons Why The Rotary Engine Is Dead. The Wankel engine was last seen in a production car in the Mazda RX-8, and currently there are no rotary engines in production. Mazda may bring it back in the ...

Reports of the death of the internal combustion engine have been exaggerated. Electric vehicles were once poised to diminish the ubiquity of traditional engines, but automakers are booking huge losses ...

Honeywell Aerospace plans to expand aircraft engine manufacturing in Phoenix, the latest sign of potential growth for one of Arizona's largest aerospace businesses as it prepares to spin off into a ...

MagniX has unveiled MagniAIR, its first electric aircraft engine designed specifically for general aviation (GA), capable of replacing 120-175kW piston engines for flight training, recreational flying ...

ZeroAvia has reached a significant milestone with the FAA publishing special conditions for its 600-kilowatt electric engine, clarifying the certification pathway for its hydrogen-electric propulsion ...

If you have a regional turboprop aircraft and wish that it was a bit more hybirdy, RTX may be able to accommodate you. The company is developing a combined thermal/electric propulsion system that not ...

The rotary was the most radical rethink of the combustion engine in over a hundred years — and it paid the price for being different. Mazda introduced the innovative Wankel rotary engine in the 1967 ...

While modern engines feature many tweaks and improvements on the original ideas, they usually aren't as interesting as the strange contraptions engineers experimented with in the early days. Take, for ...