How Audi Hybrids Could Keep the Wankel Rotary Alive - Feature - Car and Driver

 

July 2011 article; still interesting, though.

 

Here you go bro more this years 2013 news on 2014 Audi A1 e-tron Rotary. Question is why don't Mazda capitalized on this and keep it in the Mazda Hybrid cars.
2014 Audi A1 e-tron | Reviews new electric cars 2013 2014

 

dafast1 is my new hero lol

 

because mazda doesn't own the patent on the rotary engine, anyone who buys a patent license can produce a rotary engine and mass produce them. perhaps audi simply made it work better, even though mazda has nearly 50 years of experience with the engine any auto maker can use their design and improve upon it.

the problem with all hydrogen powered vehicles though is supply and demand, if there were filling stations in every city it probably would catch on. but as of now there is no way to support hydrogen as an alternative fuel supply for automobiles.

mazda was the first to produce a hydrogen rotary hybrid a while ago, ultimately they scrapped it for the reason above.

 

Probably would catch on... FIRE!!1!1

Hydrogen is a difficult material to handle safely. & it still costs more at this point to make it than gasoline, based on resulting useful work when burning it.

For example, everybody who has a water heater in their garage (real common in many places) also usually has a floor-level vent in their garage per fire code, and the water heater is elevated on a pedestal a couple feet above floor level.

All this is safety against gasoline leaks - - since gasoline fumes are far heavier than air, fuel vapors stay at floor level & generally escape via the vent rather than building up in the garage until they reach the water heater's pilot.

Hydrogen's lighter than air... and will also migrate through many materials easily.

That's a problem, if you garage your car. Especially if your house is designed with the bedrooms over the garage.

 

people must be sacrificed for progress though!



but that's the problem with the world today... safety impositions.

how many people fell to their deaths building the golden gate bridge or the empire state building?

besides, even modern homes usually have fire sprinklers in the garage of homes with living quarters over head anyways.



a simple bypass would be tying the car's alarm system to a leakage sensor on the tank. hell, they can make car's smart enough to drive themselves, they can make them smart enough to be rolling bombs. it could drive through the garage door and into your neighbor's house, the one that keeps bitching about the noise from your "damn rotaries".

i do think hydrogen will eventually pave the way though. it is as renewable as electricity, it just needs an efficient way of harnessing and storing it.

gasoline and corn are temporary sources.

you could always just park outside.

 

Good to know. Thanks!