The motor is surprisingly a DC unit, which he first tests with a 12 V car battery. We see the building of a hefty steel frame to take the place of the engine block in the structure, and then a ...

When you leave a stoplight, the saved energy gets the car going again and delays the restart of the gasoline engine—in some cases until you reach 25 mph. When you stop again, the cycle repeats.

Sadly, the rotary engine basically died off in 2008 when production of the RX-8 sports car ceased. However, a humble little SUV has re-introduced such tech into the modern automotive landscape ...