Emmotoka ya petulooli yayiiyizibwa mu makkati ga-1880s. Mu 1885, Karl Benz owa Germany yazimba mmotoka ya petulooli entono ssatu-Eyali eriko yingini entono, era Gottlieb Daimler n’ekola petulooli eyasooka mu nsi yonna-efunye amaanyi nnya-Emmotoka eriko emidumu. Nga January 29, 1886, Karl Benz ye yasooka okufuna patent y’emmotoka ey’emidumu esatu, olunaku kati olwakuzibwa ng’amazaalibwa g’emmotoka mu nsi yonna. Ebintu bye baayiiya byassaawo omusingi gw’okukulaakulanya mmotoka era ne biyingiza omulembe gw’emmotoka za petulooli ez’omulembe.
Okuyiiya kwa Karl Benz kwali kwa makulu nnyo. Okusinziira ku yingini ya Otto eya Otto nnya-Stroke Gas Engine, eyaluŋŋamizibwa ekintu kya petulooli ekirabika, yakola bulungi yingini ya petulooli emu-emuli emu-ekola omudumu gwa midumu esatu, n’ekola mmotoka esatu etaliiko mbalaasi-ekwatiddwa. Emmotoka eno essatu-ekola emidumu, eyitibwa Benz Patent Motorwagen, yali esinga ku ngeri nnyangu ey’entambula; Era yali ntikko y’obuyiiya mu tekinologiya.
Mu kiseera kye kimu, Gottlieb Daimler naye yali anoonyereza n’okuyiiya mu kisaawe ky’emmotoka. Mu 1885, yazimba petulooli eyasooka mu nsi yonna-eyalina amaanyi nnya-emmotoka eriko emidumu, eyaggulawo obulagirizi obupya eri enkulaakulana y’emmotoka. Okujja kw’emmotoka nnya-eziriko emidumu kwalongoosa obutebenkevu bw’okuvuga n’obuweerero, nga ziwa amagezi amakulu n’eby’okuyiga mu nkulaakulana y’emmotoka oluvannyuma.
Nga January 29, 1886, Karl Benz ye yasooka okufuna patent y’emmotoka essatu-ewa nnamuzi, ekintu ekikulu mu byafaayo by’emmotoka. Patent eno yassaako akabonero k’okukkiriza kwa petulooli mu butongole-okussaawo omusingi gw’okussa omutindo n’okutunda amakolero g’emmotoka oluvannyuma.
Okutwaliza awamu, ebiyiiya bya Karl Benz ne Gottlieb Daimler mu makkati g’emyaka gya-1880 byalaga akaseera akakulu mu byafaayo by’emmotoka. Obuyiiya n’obuyiiya bwabwe byaleeta omulembe omupya ogw’emmotoka ezikozesa petulooli, ne zikyusa okuva mu kufunyisa olubuto gwokka ne zifuuka entuufu. Era baakola ekkubo eri amakolero g’emmotoka agaaddirira era ne gakyusa entambula y’abantu.