why electromagnets aren’t used in piston motors, including internal combustion or not including internal combustion

Question

Will pistons specifically in the cylinder ever use electromagnets to propel the piston and to spin the driveshaft like gasoline motors?

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Answer 1

The whole package of the internal combustion engine is purposely to rotate the driveshaft.
It more straight forward to replace all of it with the electric motor instead of using the motor to move a piston.