Definition of "gas-engine" [gas-engine]

• An engine in which motion is communicated to the piston by the alternate admission and condensation of gas in a closed cylinder. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• ""The German government wants to be a leading market for electric cars, but we on a policy level don't seem to want to do anything about it," said Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche in an interview at the Detroit car show in January, a few weeks before sharing the stage with Ms. Merkel at the Stuttgart celebration of Mercedes-Benz founder Carl Benz's 1886 patent filing for the first "vehicle with gas-engine drive.""
• "Rolls-Royce has long coveted Tognum and plans to inject its small Bergen gas-engine business, with annual sales of £400 million $646.3 million, into Tognum."
• "Both diesels and hybrids cost more than their gas-engine counterparts."