Its launch marked Mazda's first rotary engine offering since it discontinued the Mazda RX-8 in 2012. To be precise, however, the MX-30 Skyactive R-EV uses its small, single-rotor rotary engine as ...

Sadly, the rotary engine basically died off in 2008 when production of the RX-8 sports car ceased. However, a humble little SUV has re-introduced such tech into the modern automotive landscape ...

Autoblog has discovered two new U.S. patents filed by Mazda, the first of which is for a small rotary engine that acts as a range extender in a plug-in hybrid EV. Back in 2013, we saw a Mazda2 ...