>In most applications you can work around this with redundancies and diverse technologies Are you proposing that Mazda should put two engines in their cars? Or

>In most applications you can work around this with redundancies and diverse technologies Are you proposing that Mazda should put two engines in their cars? Or am I misreading this? >hard earned decades of learning and be pressing advantages. Not every novel and viable solution ends up being an enhancement. That's precisely what Mazda is doing. They poured decades of R&D into the rotary engine, and are leveraging that research to their advantage. Their engine's diminutive size means they can provide more interior space in a compact vehicle, which is one of the key benefits of an EV that you can't get with a conventional hybrid. There are innate material advantages to the rotary in this application, it's not just hand-waving. There's nothing overly novel about series hybrids, either. Chevy proved they can deliver EV driving dynamics and efficiency with ICE convenience, even at a larger scale than Mazda appears to be targeting. This entire comment perplexes me. I can't tell if you like what Mazda's doing, or if you dislike it.