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

Why make something move linearly to get rotation, when you can just skip that step and make it rotate from the start.

Pistons are just a crutch to convert explosions into useful motion, which you don’t need when you use electromagnets you can arrange in a way to get the motion you want directly.