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hmmm.. still uses apex seals, would need seriously small tolerances to make it work effectively. Call me skeptical but I don't see how this is really any better than the traditional wankel/rotary design
It's effectively an inside-out wankel, so the seals are stationary. This is a much easier problem to solve, and now you don't need to throw oil in the combustion chamber to lubricate the moving seals.
Posts on Hacker News related to LiquidPiston go back 11(!) years. The most comments are on this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25450477 If this was going to revolutionize anything, it would've happened by now.
I think any engine design that was popularized was backed by a car company, even the Wankel engine. If they want to make this design popular, they need to design products around it so their claims are proven. I mean I still don't believe Tesla's primary business model is cars; the competition is outselling them left right and center. Theirs is batteries and charging infrastructure. That's a huge market that can fuel…
Posts on Hacker News related to LiquidPiston go back 11(!) years. The most comments are on this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25450477 If this was going to revolutionize anything, it would've happened by now.
I think any engine design that was popularized was backed by a car company, even the Wankel engine. If they want to make this design popular, they need to design products around it so their claims are proven. I mean I still don't believe Tesla's primary business model is cars; the competition is outselling them left right and center. Theirs is batteries and charging infrastructure. That's a huge market that can fuel…
hmmm.. still uses apex seals, would need seriously small tolerances to make it work effectively. Call me skeptical but I don't see how this is really any better than the traditional wankel/rotary design
It's effectively an inside-out wankel, so the seals are stationary. This is a much easier problem to solve, and now you don't need to throw oil in the combustion chamber to lubricate the moving seals.
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I think any engine design that was popularized was backed by a car company, even the Wankel engine. If they want to make this design popular, they need to design products around it so their claims are proven. I mean I still don't believe Tesla's primary business model is cars; the competition is outselling them left right and center. Theirs is batteries and charging infrastructure. That's a huge market that can fuel…
Tesla doesn't make their batteries, they buy them from Panasonic.
However this engine seems to be a great improvement on pistons if we want to continue burning dinosaur juice. It might be interesting to try it as a range extender for long-haul electric trucks due the smaller size and weight.
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Tesla doesn't make their batteries, they buy them from Panasonic.
If you have evidence that Tesla doesn't make batteries, perhaps you should alert their shareholders that the company is lying on this page: https://www.tesla.com/giga-nevada