Paul,

I ran across this article today. (I had to Google "Chery Automobiles" to
find out what they're talking about.)  Chery is the largest privately owned
auto maker in China.
In a few years, this could turn out to be a good source for small, cheap
800cc, 1-rotor engines.  "C-Spec" rotary engines coming soon!

http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/10/18/chery-working-on-wankel-engines-for-
new-energy-vehicles/comment-page-1/

Mark

That looks like an AIXRO engine. Several car companies have been
experimenting along those lines.

My prediction is range extender cars will flop in the market place because
they are being pushed by ignorant wacko environmentalist and politicians
that do not understand how cars work. Try climbing a hill with dead
batteries in a 3500 pound car pushed by a Wankel engine the size of a go
kart engine. How stupid can one be? Of course one could stop at the bottom
of the hill for a couple of hours and let the Wankel charge the batteries :)

Paul Lamar

Hi Paul,

Yes, that's our Aixro karting engine. I would be curious to know where that
picture and info comes from.
It still has the karting engine mounts, so if this is as far as they have
come with their R&D, it will take a little while until they have an engine
ready. But who knows? If they can learn from others' designs when it comes
to cars, they will eventually do the same when it comes to engines (and then
figure out that our engines are not suitable for automotive applications:-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chery_QQ

Poul

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