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This section looks at the principles and design concerns associated with the most common form of automotive propulsion - the internal combustion engine as well as some of the less well know variants and alternatives.
The rotary engine was conceived by Felix Wankel in Germany in 1926 with the first functional prototype not actually running until 1957 - this was largely due to the Second World War and the fragmented post-war Germany.
Electric motors were one of the earliest means of propelling autocars.
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