SKYACTIV-X: first commercial gasoline engine to use compression ignition
A reuters story on how it works: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;us-mazda-strategy-idUSKBN1AO0E7" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;us-mazda-strategy-idUSKBN1AO...</a><p>So this is &#x27;gasoline&#x27; diesel. Or diesel without the NOx. Which, in theory, would give better fuel economy and possibly better torque. And it will ship in cars in the 2019 model year (so possibly as early as late next year).<p>To me, it sounds like a &quot;Don&#x27;t pass&quot;[1] bet on electric cars. Which they also are working with Toyota on electric cars so perhaps it is a fall back plan. It will be interesting to see how it fares. There are a lot of products that are built as the other side of an industry change bet. Sun created a workstation on the 68040 in case the SPARCStation didn&#x27;t meet expectations as an example.<p>[1] In the dice game Craps, the &quot;Don&#x27;t Pass&quot; bet is against the current player &#x27;winning.&#x27;