Perfect. Runs on hydrogen, gas, and saves fuel. Very nice. I understand this cat well. The hydrogen ultimately provides the electric power. Electricity is stored from regenerative operation.
It's quite simple. You know a generator? Imagine an ultra efficient, runs on anything generator generating electric but as you stomp the pedal it increases the generation output to meet the electrical demand required at the rear motors. Instead of storing the electricity in heavy battery packs it generates the electricity requirement to the need (it may have some short-term mini battery or capacitors for high excelleration purposes but this way it skips a heavy power storage system for a smaller and lighter on-demand energy generation system; it's quite genius. I've been thinking about this concept myself for years and I'm so glad Mazda are using their great rotary engine to fulfil this possibility as they're free spinning and can go from low to extremely high RPM meaning an incredible range of energy generation with the right dynos attached! Go Mazda!
Mazda makes the most beautiful cars in my opinion. I’ve had a few Mazda RX7s and a few Mazda trucks. No Mazda ever disappointed me with reliability and speed. The handling was always amazing. The rotary Wankel engine is very simplistic but powerful delivering impressive power to weight ratio. I would guess that it would pair nicely with a plug in hybrid technology. Wankel engines burn anything flammable. Great channel Thanks
The engine doesn't transmit power to the wheels. The engine runs at a constant speed to turn a generator, which keeps the batteries charged. The propulsion is all-electric. How is that more complicated? It's just a different approach.
8:03 Electric power is better than conbustion engine and lighter. Sooner or later you don't need gasoline in running Rotary all you have to do is separate hydrogen ang oxygen. Hydrogen a perfect fuel for Wankel Engine.....and another possibily the car will be more expensive. But minimal expenses in water as fuel. A reality in car design courtesy of Mazda superb engineering the smallest car manufacturer, but pack of IDEAS.....
I’ve seen this car explained elsewhere, and they explained it as having a range extender not being a hybrid, that might be why they say, you can run your house for a week on the car because you can keep topping up the battery with the motor/generator
Mazda had RX8s that ran on hydrogen years ago, having no hot exhaust valves is a big plus. A hybrid gasoline or hydrogen with electric would be an interesting idea if the infrastructure for it ever gets built (unlikely).
Japanese people have a tendency to keep improving and perfecting something once they are good at it, even if it becomes obsolete such as internal combustion engine. Katana etc.
@@paulb1951 just as in 1885, horse carriages were still used everywhere and if one was to choose a career to design a new horse carriage or upcoming automobile, I'd choose the latter. I see Japan will still be spending much resources to improve that 0.1% efficiency and power out of internal combustion engines in 20 years while the rest of world has leaped forward. Simply because their companies and engineers don't want to change and top comfortable with status quo.
@@i6power30 I’d suggest you look up what obsolete means, as ICE vehicles and still widely used and produced. So either you don’t know what it means, or you live in some alternative reality…
@@paulb1951 ok ok you are right. Ice is not obsolete. You win. But trying not to be stuck on the definition but look at the spirit of what I'm saying. Japan is pouring resources into a dead end technology instead of trying to truly innovate meaningfully.
The engine is not being used to actually move the vehicle. It's just an oversized portable gas generator fited under the hood. It's purpose is just to charge the electric batteries... the car will most like run off of electric motors. It's pretty smart. Eliminating the need to plug and charge.. the engine will turn on and charge the batteries
Rotary engines are awful if fuel efficiency is a goal. Their biggest advantage is power to weight (and size), which is good for small cars where light weight and good handling are desired, but it's not going to ne good for the environment. They also burn oil. People claim Mazda has figured these issues out but they are inherent to the design.
This is a quite smart solution for Japan with no good charging infrastructure: - rotary engine for serial hybrid is better and likely will work way more years - most of Japanese who can afford such car are living in private houses so can install the chargers. But since not many superchargers intercity travel will be way easier with the engine - hydrogen will be good in current subsidiary in Japan - the battery will be not big, i guess around "100km", so not a "bottleneck" but it will work for daily commuting in Japan - this style cars are very popular in Japan So likely they will able to sell as much as will produce. Good chance for Mazda to survive...
Good report as always 👍🏼, your audio seems a little off though. Can’t understand why Mazda put so much effort into this project, seems over complicated, good luck getting it serviced .
Imagine the amount of effort and money that has been spent attempting to avoid going battery electric. The weird thing is these is no evidence the oil industry has contributed any major amount to those efforts. They may be bankrolling miss information but automakers seem willing to spend their own money to defend an industry they have no stake in. I could understand if automakers had a plan to profit from the sale of fuel but they don't, they are helping oil producers with their own money. Many battery and car plants could have already been built with all that cash.
It's puzzling watching the Japanese automakers resist the transition to EVs. They have dominated ICE for some time and I'm sure they don't want to abandon what they are so good at doing, but the only thing that I can think of to help explain their actions is that Japan is a small country and they probably don't have the battery materials. They don't have oil reserves either, though, so it is puzzling. I think Japanese ICE vehicles would have a market well into the future if not for government mandates banning their sales. Banking on this, however, seems very risky. I have been hearing for years about Mazda's plans to use small, compact rotary engines as range extenders. It does seem logical for Mazda to take this route, given that they have expertise in rotary engines that can be made very small, lightweight, and can build a viable hybrid with a smaller battery that will likely slide past the ICE prohibition in many countries.
Like the look.... but seems to be very small inside. This thing is a technical mismash nightmare and will require maintenance out the wazoo! This reminds me of when CDs were coming in. All the cassette deck players started throwing in tech into their cassette deck players. Things which were over the top esoteric in nature like dual azimuth heads, three motor drives for more precise tape speed. Nothing worked, cassettes were abandoned for the better CD technology and very quickly.
There's no technical mishmash nightmare. It's basically exactly the same as an EV, the engine is only there to produce extra electricity. Doesn't get much simpler than that.
@@noseboop4354 The rotary engine has been a nightmare of seals failing and the need for constant tuning and maintenance. Just ask my friend how he came to hate his RX8 where they promised all the problems with this engine has been fixed. Ooopsie! He sold it at a loss. Regular hybrids like the Toyota Prius are much more reliable. However why not just put a big battery in there and go 400 miles on a charge? Charge the puppy up at home on solar or cheap home electricity which is much less than petrol.
There was a TH-camr who put a diesel engine to charge his Tesla Model S. In one show he went to a rotary engine company somewhere in the East Coast, USA. They were designing things to charge batteries on the battlefield. Maybe there is something to this technology.
The way I look with the Mazda design a very efficient with fuel economy further more power + because of Aerodynamic characteristic. Result of superb engineering by Mazda...
it is an EREV - an EV with an ICE as an onboard generator allowing long range even with a small battery. You can power your house, just like with other gasoline powered generators
The advantage of a rotary engine compared to a piston IC engine is compact size and a good power to weight ratio. The disadvantages are greater wear on the seals, lower reliability, higher maintenance cost, and lower efficiency. Of course, an electric motor is better than either rotary or piston engines on all of those factors. Plug-in hybrids made some sense back when batteries were limited and expensive, but now batteries have more capacity, are cheaper and being produced in greater numbers, they are no longer practical. That plug-in hybrid could power a home, but the fuel bills would be horrible.
I think it’s a bit hasty to judge your own circumstance and apply it to others. At least 20 percent of America live in communities small enough to not be worth a level 3 charger installation and there are countries like India that only just got electricity in general to its population en masse and you can’t really make the effeciency argument when batteries still have barely any energy density compared to gasoline. Most people dont wanna have to wait even 15 min for a charge and some people road trip for a living an ev is always adding hours to the journey even if it’s a Tesla. These are issues that are solved with time ofc. But we can’t pretend all issues have already been solved this just makes sense and allows for a lighter car with a smaller battery that doesn’t mess up the roads as much. I imagine you’d fill up the generator maybe once a month like the average owner of a phev. Besides a rotary contains far less moving parts than any piston engine I imagine maintence is considerably lower than an rx7 considering it’s just a generator not working nearly as hard.
Not everyone lives in a big city with great infrastructure. I live in a big city, but just 50 km away the stores still use 100% mechanical cash registers. Having gas as a backup is still needed for lots of people.
The smallest Toyota pick-up trucks used to 'gather in' Tremendous Reliability by being over-spec on bearings and such-like. Does this mean that the "incoming" Mazda MX-30 has this Same drivetrain, and will run virtually forever? (Especially because its battery will be doing the 'heavy Lifting?')
Actually it’s nothing spectacular to quote UK autocar “The new rotary engine will first launch in a range-extender variant of Mazda's MX-30, recently revealed in pure-electric form. However, the rotary can also be used for plug-in hybrids and hybrids and works with fuels including LPG and hydrogen, meaning it can be employed, over time, by many Mazda vehicles” Basically Mazda have taken the principle of a diesel electric locomotive, and applied it to a motor car . A singular advantage of the Mazda rotary engine is it can work with various fuels with little modification. Under the Japanese Keiretsu structure big banks similar manufacturers have ownership of one another to provide stability. Interesting Toyota, another vehicle manufacturer with a significant hydrogen portfolio holds a significant share in Mazda. The MD-30 is available in the U.K. It appears we are seeing the return of the rotary engine, which will be an interesting solution for the motorcycle yet again.
Anything, no matter how beautiful, that has moving parts, especially one that requires oil for example, is obsolete, except for enthusiasts, in the (near) future. Kind of like enjoying riding a thoroughbred horse today when we now (mostly) drive ICE vehicles.
@@RaphaelMenoninot only this. I hope there will be at least 15KWh battery because smaller will not provide enough current for acceleration and recuperation. Also it is plugin that will work in Japan with it's small houses and the parking space in front. So, likely it will not run the engine most of the time.
More like Wernher van Braun. Rotary engines can 'digest sand', reciprocating can't endure such harsh fuel. Exothermic energy release of Si/N2 reaction is forty times greater than H2O. C/O2 reactions are endothermic.
Global sales of all 2dr sports coupes combined aren't even .5% of overall auto sales though. 😐 And this is just another volt or i3 rex design. Small motor which will get terrible efficiency charging up the 17.8kwh pack along with regen. That can then drive the electric motors. So you have a puny engine giving off fumes heat&pollution a fuel tank, batteries, electric motors etc.
mx5 nd looks kind of awkward, especially with the narrow tires but this time they got it right, well proportioned, smooth lines, clean design, almost like a mclaren t.30. now the drivetrain will probably be a disaster
Sexy. Weird. I tend to not believe a word traditional automotive companies say anymore, but hey, maybe this is the coolest thing since partially sliced bread
Beautiful styling but mediocre design like a Koenigsegg light. A smaller rotary range extender with a NACS plug that could be sold separately for trucks would be better.
Well, had you been paying attention, instead of believing an aluminum plane can cut through a structural steel skyscraper... Back in September of 2001, a German guy published his new book titled Benzen aus Sand. Reciprocating engines will only last a few 1000 miles, perfect for a 500 mile race. Benetton F1 engines aren't 60% efficient, nor are tolerances so tight they have to preheat the engine. Ever contemplate why Dupont and Kodak, North America's two largest chemical distribution companies, won so many NASCAR super speedway events? Octane has been antiquated, by God's Secret Formula.
Stunning! Unfortunately, the rotary has a bad rep for unreliability. They should put the 2.5 turbo or the rumoured inline V6 they developed. Or they should use this as a pure BEV. Whatever they do they should fully commit one way or the other and let the market decide.
I don't know what japan is going to do to get to zero emissions. Legacy Auto companies are needing to buy more carbon credits every years as emission standards get tighter. Unless they can figure out how to make zero emission cars they are history.
No, I'm glad Mazda was able to revive rotary engine. This is the only company that was able to make this type of engine work properly. The only generation when rotary was very unreliable is Mazda RX8, due to strict environment regulation. Older generations, like RX7, were pretty reliable.
@@dempsey3 Obviously. The environmental impact of EV production is also being addressed. some EV manufacturers are using renewable energy to power their factories. Additionally, as EV batteries recycling reaches scale it will drastically reduce the environmental impact of EV production. But the term applies to cars with zero tailpipe emissions. If your going to squawk about tire particulates EVs are near the weight of ICE and seem destined to be lighter within 5 years.
Mazda make some beautiful looking cars and this one is at the top of the list. I really hope they survive the transition to electric cars as the world will be a much duller place without them. Zoom Zoom Zoom
This guy is such a hater, if it's not a Chinese EV or Tesla it's shite and not worth doing lol This car is better looking than any BYD ever made or will be made
This is a concept car, maybe they'll build something like it maybe they won't. If they do it will be gasoline only, the hydrogen nonsense won't be supported. I'd also bet that the bidirectional power won't see the light of day, it makes absolutely no sense. Gasoline backup generators are widely available and if you want a proper whole house backup then then get a propane/natural gas generator. The money is in the transfer switches and installation which you would need even if the car was the generator.
Just another Legacy Auto fantasy (we can’t even call it a concept car because it only exists as renderings) that will never see the production light of day.
I flew a 13b for over 15 years in a Vans RV6a airplane. The engine was built and installed by Everett Hatch. Not one problem. What they're GREAT for is running at a constant rpm, like in aviation or as a generator. Personally, I wouldn't use them in a car driven in stop and go traffic. But for aviation or as a generator, they are wonderfully reliable. Your "knowledge" of the rotary engine is lagging behind by a few decades. Apex seal failures WERE an issue....30 YEARS AGO! 🤣
@@phillipzx3754 LOL. Sorry. I'm a Journeyman Automotive Mechanic, and my opinion is based solely on Automotive experience. And Rotary engines in Automotive use generally have sucked.
the rotary nearly sent us belly up. I know what we should do, double down.......rotary rubbish and hydrogen , a match made in the bankruptcy court, lol. Seriously, in this day and age, its a screw ball idea.
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Never park near an EV. Time for new laws to make EV car owners park in the far reaches of any parking lot where they are not around anything important. There no one cares if one EV goes up and makes other EV's go up with it.
One of the best looking cars I've ever seen. Mazda is definitely on the top of it's game when it comes to appearance
Perfect. Runs on hydrogen, gas, and saves fuel. Very nice. I understand this cat well. The hydrogen ultimately provides the electric power. Electricity is stored from regenerative operation.
It's quite simple. You know a generator? Imagine an ultra efficient, runs on anything generator generating electric but as you stomp the pedal it increases the generation output to meet the electrical demand required at the rear motors.
Instead of storing the electricity in heavy battery packs it generates the electricity requirement to the need (it may have some short-term mini battery or capacitors for high excelleration purposes but this way it skips a heavy power storage system for a smaller and lighter on-demand energy generation system; it's quite genius.
I've been thinking about this concept myself for years and I'm so glad Mazda are using their great rotary engine to fulfil this possibility as they're free spinning and can go from low to extremely high RPM meaning an incredible range of energy generation with the right dynos attached!
Go Mazda!
Mazda makes the most beautiful cars in my opinion.
I’ve had a few Mazda RX7s and a few Mazda trucks. No Mazda ever disappointed me with reliability and speed. The handling was always amazing. The rotary Wankel engine is very simplistic but powerful delivering impressive power to weight ratio. I would guess that it would pair nicely with a plug in hybrid technology. Wankel engines burn anything flammable.
Great channel
Thanks
When Mazda goes under hopefully the designers can get a job at Tesla. Cybertruck is fine, but most Teslas look derpy in their proportions.
The engine doesn't transmit power to the wheels. The engine runs at a constant speed to turn a generator, which keeps the batteries charged. The propulsion is all-electric. How is that more complicated? It's just a different approach.
You said it perfectly.....
8:03 Electric power is better than conbustion engine and lighter. Sooner or later you don't need gasoline in running Rotary all you have to do is separate hydrogen ang oxygen. Hydrogen a perfect fuel for Wankel Engine.....and another possibily the car will be more expensive. But minimal expenses in water as fuel. A reality in car design courtesy of Mazda superb engineering the smallest car manufacturer, but pack of IDEAS.....
Perfect car for jay leonos garages collection 🙂
I’ve seen this car explained elsewhere, and they explained it as having a range extender not being a hybrid, that might be why they say, you can run your house for a week on the car because you can keep topping up the battery with the motor/generator
Looks great!
Your sound is weird. One of your mikes not working?
Imagine how a front license plate will spoil this cars beauty!
That thing looks amazing. I hope the production version preserves as much of the design as possible
You don't want to know what a production version of that car would cost.
Mazda had RX8s that ran on hydrogen years ago, having no hot exhaust valves is a big plus. A hybrid gasoline or hydrogen with electric would be an interesting idea if the infrastructure for it ever gets built (unlikely).
Japanese people have a tendency to keep improving and perfecting something once they are good at it, even if it becomes obsolete such as internal combustion engine. Katana etc.
But, maybe a katana with a built-in rotary engine and electric power? 😅
When did the internal combustion engine become obsolete? It’s still used everywhere, so what planet are you on where there’s none?
@@paulb1951 just as in 1885, horse carriages were still used everywhere and if one was to choose a career to design a new horse carriage or upcoming automobile, I'd choose the latter.
I see Japan will still be spending much resources to improve that 0.1% efficiency and power out of internal combustion engines in 20 years while the rest of world has leaped forward. Simply because their companies and engineers don't want to change and top comfortable with status quo.
@@i6power30 I’d suggest you look up what obsolete means, as ICE vehicles and still widely used and produced. So either you don’t know what it means, or you live in some alternative reality…
@@paulb1951 ok ok you are right. Ice is not obsolete. You win. But trying not to be stuck on the definition but look at the spirit of what I'm saying. Japan is pouring resources into a dead end technology instead of trying to truly innovate meaningfully.
The engine is not being used to actually move the vehicle. It's just an oversized portable gas generator fited under the hood. It's purpose is just to charge the electric batteries... the car will most like run off of electric motors. It's pretty smart. Eliminating the need to plug and charge.. the engine will turn on and charge the batteries
Yeah it’s pretty perfect. Don’t like the wheels but the car is amazing
Rotary engines are awful if fuel efficiency is a goal. Their biggest advantage is power to weight (and size), which is good for small cars where light weight and good handling are desired, but it's not going to ne good for the environment. They also burn oil. People claim Mazda has figured these issues out but they are inherent to the design.
This is a quite smart solution for Japan with no good charging infrastructure:
- rotary engine for serial hybrid is better and likely will work way more years
- most of Japanese who can afford such car are living in private houses so can install the chargers. But since not many superchargers intercity travel will be way easier with the engine
- hydrogen will be good in current subsidiary in Japan
- the battery will be not big, i guess around "100km", so not a "bottleneck" but it will work for daily commuting in Japan
- this style cars are very popular in Japan
So likely they will able to sell as much as will produce. Good chance for Mazda to survive...
Awesome looking car !
Wish it was fully Electrified !!!
😍💖⚡️🏎⚡️💖🔋🌞🔥👌
Good report as always 👍🏼, your audio seems a little off though. Can’t understand why Mazda put so much effort into this project, seems over complicated, good luck getting it serviced .
Imagine the amount of effort and money that has been spent attempting to avoid going battery electric. The weird thing is these is no evidence the oil industry has contributed any major amount to those efforts. They may be bankrolling miss information but automakers seem willing to spend their own money to defend an industry they have no stake in. I could understand if automakers had a plan to profit from the sale of fuel but they don't, they are helping oil producers with their own money. Many battery and car plants could have already been built with all that cash.
This car can run on hydrogen or synthetic fuels or electricity. Nothing wrong with not putting all your eggs in one basket.
It's puzzling watching the Japanese automakers resist the transition to EVs. They have dominated ICE for some time and I'm sure they don't want to abandon what they are so good at doing, but the only thing that I can think of to help explain their actions is that Japan is a small country and they probably don't have the battery materials. They don't have oil reserves either, though, so it is puzzling. I think Japanese ICE vehicles would have a market well into the future if not for government mandates banning their sales. Banking on this, however, seems very risky. I have been hearing for years about Mazda's plans to use small, compact rotary engines as range extenders. It does seem logical for Mazda to take this route, given that they have expertise in rotary engines that can be made very small, lightweight, and can build a viable hybrid with a smaller battery that will likely slide past the ICE prohibition in many countries.
THE NEW MX30 ROTARY ENGINE HAS A BRAND NEW COMBUSTION AWESOME
When are due to make it?
Like the look.... but seems to be very small inside.
This thing is a technical mismash nightmare and will require maintenance out the wazoo!
This reminds me of when CDs were coming in. All the cassette deck players started throwing in tech into their cassette deck players. Things which were over the top esoteric in nature like dual azimuth heads, three motor drives for more precise tape speed.
Nothing worked, cassettes were abandoned for the better CD technology and very quickly.
There's no technical mishmash nightmare. It's basically exactly the same as an EV, the engine is only there to produce extra electricity. Doesn't get much simpler than that.
@@noseboop4354 The rotary engine has been a nightmare of seals failing and the need for constant tuning and maintenance. Just ask my friend how he came to hate his RX8 where they promised all the problems with this engine has been fixed. Ooopsie!
He sold it at a loss.
Regular hybrids like the Toyota Prius are much more reliable. However why not just put a big battery in there and go 400 miles on a charge? Charge the puppy up at home on solar or cheap home electricity which is much less than petrol.
@@nickmcconnell1291 Because a big battery would add hundreds of kg and make the car bigger, which defeats the purpose of a sleek sports car.
@@noseboop4354 Point taken.
Gorgeous rebirth of the RX7!
There was a TH-camr who put a diesel engine to charge his Tesla Model S. In one show he went to a rotary engine company somewhere in the East Coast, USA. They were designing things to charge batteries on the battlefield. Maybe there is something to this technology.
That liquid Piston inverse rotary engine was off topic.
The way I look with the Mazda design a very efficient with fuel economy further more power + because of Aerodynamic characteristic. Result of superb engineering by Mazda...
Pretty dang cool. Super-sized truck version coming soon?
Will this ever actually go into production? I doubt it, it looks like pure concept.
Mazda has a long history of making gorgeous concept cars that don't go into production. I suspect this is one of them.
it is an EREV - an EV with an ICE as an onboard generator allowing long range even with a small battery. You can power your house, just like with other gasoline powered generators
there is something wrong with your sound/microphone!!
It’s a beautiful looking car. I hope they produce it.
The advantage of a rotary engine compared to a piston IC engine is compact size and a good power to weight ratio. The disadvantages are greater wear on the seals, lower reliability, higher maintenance cost, and lower efficiency. Of course, an electric motor is better than either rotary or piston engines on all of those factors. Plug-in hybrids made some sense back when batteries were limited and expensive, but now batteries have more capacity, are cheaper and being produced in greater numbers, they are no longer practical. That plug-in hybrid could power a home, but the fuel bills would be horrible.
I think it’s a bit hasty to judge your own circumstance and apply it to others. At least 20 percent of America live in communities small enough to not be worth a level 3 charger installation and there are countries like India that only just got electricity in general to its population en masse and you can’t really make the effeciency argument when batteries still have barely any energy density compared to gasoline. Most people dont wanna have to wait even 15 min for a charge and some people road trip for a living an ev is always adding hours to the journey even if it’s a Tesla. These are issues that are solved with time ofc. But we can’t pretend all issues have already been solved this just makes sense and allows for a lighter car with a smaller battery that doesn’t mess up the roads as much. I imagine you’d fill up the generator maybe once a month like the average owner of a phev. Besides a rotary contains far less moving parts than any piston engine I imagine maintence is considerably lower than an rx7 considering it’s just a generator not working nearly as hard.
Not everyone lives in a big city with great infrastructure. I live in a big city, but just 50 km away the stores still use 100% mechanical cash registers. Having gas as a backup is still needed for lots of people.
Typical big city thinking that oil is going away soon. How do you think airplanes and ships are going to get powered?
The smallest Toyota pick-up trucks used to 'gather in' Tremendous Reliability by being over-spec on bearings and such-like. Does this mean that the "incoming" Mazda MX-30 has this Same drivetrain, and will run virtually forever? (Especially because its battery will be doing the 'heavy Lifting?')
Imagine if the Cybertruck looked this good!
too bad it wont run for more than 5 minutes.
Actually it’s nothing spectacular to quote UK autocar “The new rotary engine will first launch in a range-extender variant of Mazda's MX-30, recently revealed in pure-electric form. However, the rotary can also be used for plug-in hybrids and hybrids and works with fuels including LPG and hydrogen, meaning it can be employed, over time, by many Mazda vehicles”
Basically Mazda have taken the principle of a diesel electric locomotive, and applied it to a motor car . A singular advantage of the Mazda rotary engine is it can work with various fuels with little modification. Under the Japanese Keiretsu structure big banks similar manufacturers have ownership of one another to provide stability. Interesting Toyota, another vehicle manufacturer with a significant hydrogen portfolio holds a significant share in Mazda. The MD-30 is available in the U.K. It appears we are seeing the return of the rotary engine, which will be an interesting solution for the motorcycle yet again.
“Complexity appeals to stupid people” Mark Rippetoe
MX-30 flopped since it was missing the Rotary range extender
As a CX5 owner I wait and see
That's why you should have come to Japan yesterday and asked Mazda engineers, instead of just sitting at home and usually just badmouthing Mazda.
Anything, no matter how beautiful, that has moving parts, especially one that requires oil for example, is obsolete, except for enthusiasts, in the (near) future. Kind of like enjoying riding a thoroughbred horse today when we now (mostly) drive ICE vehicles.
I foresee huge maintenance bills in the future. Why?
I would be concerned about the lifespan of the rotor. The car looks amazing.
For the serial hybrid it will be fine
For the hybrid application I believe they make it always spin at a specific rpm where it's most reliable
@@RaphaelMenoninot only this. I hope there will be at least 15KWh battery because smaller will not provide enough current for acceleration and recuperation.
Also it is plugin that will work in Japan with it's small houses and the parking space in front. So, likely it will not run the engine most of the time.
how are they going to make it run with low emissions is interesting
Rube Goldberg contraption?
More like Wernher van Braun.
Rotary engines can 'digest sand', reciprocating can't endure such harsh fuel.
Exothermic energy release of Si/N2 reaction is forty times greater than H2O. C/O2 reactions are endothermic.
This is what a next gen car should look like! Smooth & Elegant looking
Not some boxy junky pos car like the new Supra 🙄🤦
Great Video. #mazda has a stunning #sportscar that can run on #hydrogen , #petrol or #synthetic_fuel with #battery_pack.
I want one.
Mazda last breath
I'd actually stay with a simplified engineering maximum: K I S S (Keep It Simple Stupid)
Stunning car. If they made it a light, powerful, reliable, and affordable it could be a game changer for Mazda
Global sales of all 2dr sports coupes combined aren't even .5% of overall auto sales though. 😐
And this is just another volt or i3 rex design. Small motor which will get terrible efficiency charging up the 17.8kwh pack along with regen.
That can then drive the electric motors. So you have a puny engine giving off fumes heat&pollution a fuel tank, batteries, electric motors etc.
mx5 nd looks kind of awkward, especially with the narrow tires but this time they got it right, well proportioned, smooth lines, clean design, almost like a mclaren t.30. now the drivetrain will probably be a disaster
Why would the drivetrain be a disaster?
Hmmm...Miata to hybrid Roadster...
Why is this a surprise?
The audio sounds garbled to me.
The Miata was a fun car to drive. Too bad Mazda isn't serious about EVs.
365hp underwhelming?? In such a small car? Why need more? Its a bit much if you ask me
Cheers mate
Sexy. Weird. I tend to not believe a word traditional automotive companies say anymore, but hey, maybe this is the coolest thing since partially sliced bread
We only need an automatic katana ejector then it is complete
So another 4 to 5 yrs before it's on the road? 👌
I thought Mazda had gone bankrupt years ago according to youtube
very cool, very beautiful, very intriguing, BUT also VERY VERY VERY USELESS. what a silly idea.
Now make it a retractable hard top!
Beautiful styling but mediocre design like a Koenigsegg light. A smaller rotary range extender with a NACS plug that could be sold separately for trucks would be better.
Well, had you been paying attention, instead of believing an aluminum plane can cut through a structural steel skyscraper... Back in September of 2001, a German guy published his new book titled Benzen aus Sand. Reciprocating engines will only last a few 1000 miles, perfect for a 500 mile race. Benetton
F1 engines aren't 60% efficient, nor are tolerances so tight they have to preheat the engine. Ever contemplate why Dupont and Kodak, North America's two largest chemical distribution companies, won so many NASCAR super speedway events? Octane has been antiquated, by God's Secret Formula.
Stunning! Unfortunately, the rotary has a bad rep for unreliability. They should put the 2.5 turbo or the rumoured inline V6 they developed. Or they should use this as a pure BEV. Whatever they do they should fully commit one way or the other and let the market decide.
I don't know what japan is going to do to get to zero emissions. Legacy Auto companies are needing to buy more carbon credits every years as emission standards get tighter. Unless they can figure out how to make zero emission cars they are history.
No, I'm glad Mazda was able to revive rotary engine. This is the only company that was able to make this type of engine work properly. The only generation when rotary was very unreliable is Mazda RX8, due to strict environment regulation. Older generations, like RX7, were pretty reliable.
@@danharold3087there is no such thing as a zero emissions car ,
@@dempsey3 Obviously.
The environmental impact of EV production is also being addressed. some EV manufacturers are using renewable energy to power their factories. Additionally, as EV batteries recycling reaches scale it will drastically reduce the environmental impact of EV production.
But the term applies to cars with zero tailpipe emissions. If your going to squawk about tire particulates EVs are near the weight of ICE and seem destined to be lighter within 5 years.
Good for a concept car and a laugh but not for production dream on Matsuda.
They chose to make it because complexity appeals to stupid people.
Mazda make some beautiful looking cars and this one is at the top of the list. I really hope they survive the transition to electric cars as the world will be a much duller place without them. Zoom Zoom Zoom
Oh my god. So instead of moving on from the rotary, they pair it hydrogen? Well, they spent the money. It's gone now.
This guy is such a hater, if it's not a Chinese EV or Tesla it's shite and not worth doing lol
This car is better looking than any BYD ever made or will be made
Sam must be getting it about right. Most everyone thinks their favorite is getting short changed.
I'm okay for companies experimenting on whacky technology nobody asked for.
This is a concept car, maybe they'll build something like it maybe they won't. If they do it will be gasoline only, the hydrogen nonsense won't be supported. I'd also bet that the bidirectional power won't see the light of day, it makes absolutely no sense. Gasoline backup generators are widely available and if you want a proper whole house backup then then get a propane/natural gas generator. The money is in the transfer switches and installation which you would need even if the car was the generator.
Will run on carbon neutral fuel. They say
Is your microphone a water bottle?
Hello mate
Looks good but Mazda what are you doing
Just another Legacy Auto fantasy (we can’t even call it a concept car because it only exists as renderings) that will never see the production light of day.
Those pieces of shit barely ran reliably on gas. When it goes below 0 they start hard. Apex seal failure very common. Junk o la.
I flew a 13b for over 15 years in a Vans RV6a airplane. The engine was built and installed by Everett Hatch. Not one problem. What they're GREAT for is running at a constant rpm, like in aviation or as a generator. Personally, I wouldn't use them in a car driven in stop and go traffic. But for aviation or as a generator, they are wonderfully reliable.
Your "knowledge" of the rotary engine is lagging behind by a few decades. Apex seal failures WERE an issue....30 YEARS AGO! 🤣
@@phillipzx3754 LOL. Sorry. I'm a Journeyman Automotive Mechanic, and my opinion is based solely on Automotive experience. And Rotary engines in Automotive use generally have sucked.
@@phillipzx3754 Jay Leno said they are fine if you don't over rev them. He has an NSA single rotor the first car to use the Wankel.
the rotary nearly sent us belly up. I know what we should do, double down.......rotary rubbish and hydrogen , a match made in the bankruptcy court, lol. Seriously, in this day and age, its a screw ball idea.
Mazda rx rotary’s we’re unreliable, the ice Miata is simple and reliable, this is a step backwards
This is going to be like Delorian...the coolest looking failure in history.
Dumbest comment in history
Well that was a video about nothing.
Sex on wheels right there. Pity about the motor which sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.
Very expensive
That looks like a toy car.
Sign me up
This car looking like poor rat.
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Never park near an EV. Time for new laws to make EV car owners park in the far reaches of any parking lot where they are not around anything important. There no one cares if one EV goes up and makes other EV's go up with it.