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Re:Keeping Rotary Alive: Mazda's Rotary Engine in the Age of... by eggsboenk on Friday March 29, 2024 @05:49PM (#39869390)
The McMurtry Spéirling is claimed to be under 1000kg. A lightweight electric car may not be an oxymoron after all. Just some concessions to make.
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Re:Keeping Rotary Alive: Mazda's Rotary Engine in the Age of... by gambiting on Friday March 29, 2024 @06:22PM (#39869632)
Our VW e-Up is just below 1200kg and has 150 miles range from a 36kWh battery, fits two of us, baby seat, and Costco shopping. You can absolutely have a lightweight electric car, just be realistic about what you're getting.
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Re:Keeping Rotary Alive: Mazda's Rotary Engine in the Age of... by ggreer on Friday March 29, 2024 @06:00PM (#39869461)
The McMurtry Spéirling is not street legal and it costs $1 million.
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Re:Keeping Rotary Alive: Mazda's Rotary Engine in the Age of... by fragmede on Friday March 29, 2024 @06:52PM (#39869892)
And what a car it is!
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Re:Keeping Rotary Alive: Mazda's Rotary Engine in the Age of... by greggyb on Friday March 29, 2024 @08:55PM (#39870758)
The Bugatti Veyron launched in 2005 with 1K horsepower and cost > $1M. As of last year, you could get a Dodge Challenger with 1K horsepower for <$100K. Those prices are unadjusted for inflation, so the price difference is even greater than 10x.

While it is not a guarantee, the innovations in today's supercars do tend to become much more common with time.

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Re:Keeping Rotary Alive: Mazda's Rotary Engine in the Age of... by inhumantsar on Saturday March 30, 2024 @08:21AM (#39874151)
I think you're drawing a lot of conclusions from that correlation.

what innovations did the Veyron introduce that the Challenger used?

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