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It's another "chasing piston" engine. This is not the first incarnation of this type. If I don't miss my guess it will have seal problems ala the Wankel engines.
The amount of R&D that has gone into the "standard" internal combustion engine is going to be hard to surpass even with intense computer simulation. A large part of the total materials development of the last century was dedicated to internal combustion improvements.
IMHO we are seeing the beginning of a transition from "classic" fossil fuel to organic-sourced fuels.
Short-term: a transition to 100% alcohol.
Long-term: fuel cells coupled with electric motors and some sort of regenerative braking system to recoop what is now thrown away without thinking.
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