This is one ENGINE-ious family

[tikal]

[Source: https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/ ] This is one ENGINE-ious family

Nikolay and Alexander Shkolnik, the physics dad and MIT grad behind LiquidPiston, are delivering the first major innovation to the internal combustion engine in over 100 years. And guess what? For a limited time, they’re giving you the chance to become a shareholder. The $400b internal combustion engine market has taken notice of their newest engine, the XTS-201—a supercharged, liquid-cooled engine that delivers 5x greater power density and runs on a variety of fuels, including gasoline, propane, and even hydrogen (which emits near-zero carbon emissions). With $30m in grants and awards from the US government and 10k+ investors already on board, LiquidPiston is racing to the top of investors’ 2023 watchlist.

 

[turbodieseldyke]

I've always wanted to become a shareholder. I feel like this could change my life.

 

[DCM1]

I can hardly wait to get my own personal gold-plated diaper, because this made me piston my pants.

 

[JELLOWSUBMARINE]

ENGINE-ious! You too may have PISTON your pants as you CAM be IGNITED with SUPER CHARGED excitement over this once in a lifetime opportunity. Yes folks now the world CAM be a better place. No need for EXHAUSTING and toxic EMMISIONS lingering around. Imagine the de-COMPRESSION received from using that annoying METHANOL interior smell as a FLEX FUEL.

Really?

 

[turbobrick240]

Looks like a Wankel with triangular housing and oblong rotor, rather than the reverse. The rotor design doesn't look very durable, imo.

 

[jmodge]

It’s true, there IS always room for sarcasm

 

[Lug_Nut]

Rotor lubrication? Mixed in with the fuel and the inherent emissions issues.
Rotor tip and apex seal wear? Not when there's no tip or apex, and thus no ability to seal one chamber from the other three.
These issues doomed the Wankel. How will a 50%, or in some cases a 300%, increase in these problem areas be addressed?
The stock share offering in the link was issued on October 25, 2022.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1446275/000168316822007065/liquidpiston_253g2.htm

Liquid Piston insiders were bailing out and selling on October 30, 2022.

Liquid Piston Insiders Offloading $7.5 Million in Stock Amid Declining Profits

Insiders are jumping ship in the the 19-year-old company as profits decline and a failure to produce a market-ready product in nearly two…

medium.com

 

[dieseldonato]

It's a novel idea thats going nowhere. Just like all the other internal combustion engines that have come around recently. No one want to put them into production so it doesn't matter how revolutionary the idea is, they are DOA.