Japan’s Mazda was once the world’s only automaker to use Wankel rotary engine tech in its cars. In late 2023 it released its first model in more than a decade to run on a rotary engine. Why the focus on this older technology in the emerging age of the electric vehicle? Rotary Engine Makes Hybrid Debut Mazda recently released a vehicle powered by a rotary engine, its first since the discontinuation of the RX-8 in 2012. The MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV, released in November 2023. (© Mazda) Rather than us...