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With a point of divergence around 1950, is it possible for an alternative engine technology acquire and maintain a share of the consumer and/or industrial automobile market? Historically only the Wankel engine came close, but Mazda constructed the last Wankel engined car last year. Is there any way for the Wankel engine to have become more popular and longer lasting? Alternatively, could turbines, steam engines, electric cars, flywheel vehicles, etc. have carved out a lasting market niche? For the purposes of economic feasibility our own timeline can be used or one in which energy crises are avoided/more severe. I'm looking at this for my timeline, and there will be plenty of oil until the 1980s when it starts to become scarce.
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