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Re:Keeping Rotary Alive: Mazda's Rotary Engine in the Age of... by deelowe on Friday March 29, 2024 @03:09PM (#39867806)
Still seems like a traditional hybrid would be more efficient. I'm not sure what's gained by removing the mechanical coupling altogether (other than cost/reliability).
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Re:Keeping Rotary Alive: Mazda's Rotary Engine in the Age of... by Electricniko on Friday March 29, 2024 @04:32PM (#39868695)
Honda has an interesting solution in their latest gen hybrids, where the electric motors power the wheels at lower speeds, the combustion engine runs at its optimum RPMs as a generator while the electric motors are working, and at higher speeds a clutch activates that changes the coupling so that the combustion engine directly drives the wheels.
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Re:Keeping Rotary Alive: Mazda's Rotary Engine in the Age of... by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Friday March 29, 2024 @06:03PM (#39869478)
Whatever the Prius HSD does is great. It'll do 50 MPG city and highway. No clutch at all.
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