A company called Gotek Energy has invented a new type of rotary engine. It's not a wankel. It has a circular housing. Looks Interesting. Will the rotary spin again?
A company called Gotek Energy has invented a new type of rotary engine. It's not a wankel. It has a circular housing. Looks Interesting. Will the rotary spin again?
Vaporware, just like every other super world changing new automotive engine design since the 1960s.
that is neat, it does remind me a bit of this though:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/quasiturbine.htm
What revolutionary engine design has come out since the 60's and actually been used? Besides incremental improvements to the poppet valve reciprocating 4 stroke piston engine, the 2 stroke piston engine, and the wankel rotary?
*Edit there was a post from the OP I was responding to that disappeared.
I don't think that the general public will care that much. I don't know why the article says that it could be the engine of the future when it is going to be this.
Mr_Clutch42 wrote: I don't think that the general public will care that much. I don't know why the article says that it could be the engine of the future when it is going to be this.
winner winner chicken dinner
Which leads me to believe older small light cars (as shown above) may suddenly gain value in the future.
So yes, those MGB's and Midgets you have parked in you backyard may have a new life 
aircooled wrote: Which leads me to believe older small light cars (as shown above) may suddenly gain value in the future. So yes, those MGB's and Midgets you have parked in you backyard may have a new life
Not really. It will be the better aerodynamic big cars. Whats an extra 800lbs of batteries on a 3500lb car compared to the same on a 2000lb car. THe older fast backed full size cars would be my choice for an electric conversion, a lot easier to put batteries everywhere and a lot easier to streamline for real hypermiling.
Leafy wrote: Vaporware, just like every other super world changing new automotive engine design since the 1960s.
Depends what you consider new engine design. Variable valve timing, miller cycle, Atkinson cycle engines, etc. I would argue that as new engine designs.
kanaric wrote:Leafy wrote: Vaporware, just like every other super world changing new automotive engine design since the 1960s.Depends what you consider new engine design. Variable valve timing, miller cycle, Atkinson cycle engines, etc. I would argue that as new engine designs.
Both miller and atkinson cycle engines were invented before the 1960s. And VVT is just a continuation of the traditional 4 stroke design.
Leafy wrote: Both miller and atkinson cycle engines were invented before the 1960s. And VVT is just a continuation of the traditional 4 stroke design.
And there were a couple attempts at mechanical VVT in the '60s or thereabouts, as well. Most resembled a distributor advance mechanism on the cam gear.
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