There were many experiments with gas engines in the 19th century but the first practical gas-fuelled internal combustion engine was built by the Belgian engineer Étienne Lenoir in 1860.
U 19. stoljeću provedeno je mnogo pokusa s plinskim motorima ali prvi stvarni motor s unutarnjim izgaranjem koji je kao gorivo koristio plin napravio je belgijski inženjer Étienne Lenoir 1860. godine.