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Mazda reveals Mazda2 EV with range-extender Wankel rotary engine

Mazda reveals Mazda2 EV with range-extender Wankel rotary engine It’s long seemed logical that a compact Wankel rotary engine – running at a constant speed – would be a great way of fitting electric cars with a range-extender option. Audi flirted with the idea of fitting the A1 e-tron with a Wankel engine a couple of years ago, but that got shelved. And Mazda – keepers of the Wankel flame – came up with the idea of a Wankel engine bolted in to an EV and powered by hydrogen last year, but it seems to0 have gone nowhere.

Read the Spyker Cars press release announcing the purchase of Saab from GM

PRESS RELEASE: GENERAL MOTORS AND SPYKER CARS REACH AGREEMENT ON SAAB -- GM and Spyker Cars announce a binding agreement over the transfer of ownership of Saab -- Terms are agreed and the deal is expected to close in February -- Saab's future as an independent company is secured -- Saab will exit the orderly wind-down process -- Spyker shareholders will restructure at closure of the deal -- Swedish Government issues guarantee in favour of EIB ZEEWOLDE, The Netherlands (26 January, 2010) -- General Motors Company and Spyker Cars N.V, today confirmed the details of a binding agreement over the transfer of ownership of Saab Automobile AB of Trollh

LA Motor Show: Honda brings mass-volume hydrogen power closer

HONDA has showcased its next generation hydrogen fuel cell technology, which is the first to fit entirely within a traditional engine bay. A 60% increase in energy density and a 33% reduction in size have jointly allowed the creation of the new Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) concept, which has a range of roughly 300 miles and can be refuelled in about three minutes. With all its components in a single location, the FCEV benefits from huge freedom in design for the rest of the car.