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I thought most piston ICE's could be adapted to run on any of those fuels also !
( wasn't there a Toyota ute in the last "green car run" from Darwin to Adelaide , running on a mixture of salt water and sump oil ! )
That was my thought too. IC is so 20thC
It is less fuel efficient than the Nissan VQ engine according to Advanced Engine Development, Low Vibration, Multi-Fuel
but it can also use multiple fuels: gasoline, Methane, LPG, Hydrogen, Ethanol, Methanol, for the spark ignition version or Diesel, Dimethyl ether (DME), bio-diesel, vegetable and animal oils, Kerosene for the compression ignition version.
Interesting , but the principal of "waffle plate" drive pistons is not new.
personally, I don't like the idea of all those pistons and con rods etc rotating around the main shaft !
That is a huge amount of rotating mass.
and the hinge bearing on the piston carrier looks to be a complex, heavily loaded, assembly.
the Wankle is a much simpler , elegant, lightweight compact, design with only 3 moving parts......but horribly inefficient.
its a waste of time , money, and resources, developing any new IC engine....
...The future is Electric drive !
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