Range extender prototype hybrid unveiled in Japan

[ZGN]

Rotary Range extender Photos from Furukawa-San from the RX-7 Magazine of Japan.


Mazda Hybrid Range Extender RE. 330cc single rotor 20kW/4500rpm.


Automotive News
December 19, 2013 - 5:12 pm ET YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Mazda Motor Corp. has given a new lease on life to its rotary engine in the form of a Mazda2 hatchback reconfigured as an extended-range hybrid.
The prototype runs as an electric vehicle, with an electric motor powering the wheels. But it also gets a gasoline-powered 0.33-liter rotary engine in the rear that generates power to recharge the car’s lithium ion battery when the charge runs low.

Read more: http://www.autonews.com/article/20131219/OEM04/131219824/#ixzz2nzitAI5X

[neit_jnf]

short vid here: http://youtu.be/GR2lvUnr3yg

peripheral intake with side exhaust and slightly relocated side seals...

[knonfs]

short vid here: http://youtu.be/GR2lvUnr3yg

peripheral intake with side exhaust and slightly relocated side seals...

Interesting the went pp intake, but kept the side exhaust ports. Here's another vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-HfVhTh6jE

[JDriftM]

I hope they make these.....I'll just wait until the first one makes it to a junk yard, buy the mini-rotor block and go get 5 more rotors and give PPRE a call for a 6 rotor!!! Haha.