Be a bit careful with generalizations. I think you’ll have a hard time finding any small engine manufacturer that recommends using blends over E10. I know that is also a generalization, but I did just check the Honda, Yamaha, Briggs, and Mercury web sites. All say stick with a maximum of E10.
Thank you for returning after getting us hard-core posters started (and, of course then watching us wander off-topic)!
You're right of course. And when I said "small premium" that was a bit vague on my part as I didn't say exactly what I meant by "small". Out of curiosity, what is the max fee you personally are willing pay at a public charging station before you skip it and just go HV?
Wow. Hard to beat free charging at home. I'm jealous. I've been on my utility's time-of-use program since 1991. Way back I was paying 3.5 cents/kWh off peak. Current off-peak rate these days is 9 cents/kWh. I use about 85 percent of my electric energy off peak. When it comes to public charging, there are not very many yet where I live. The the few that are around are on the ChargePoint network, and they all have fees that are structured in dollars per hour. I try to keep things simple, so I figure a more or less full charge takes about 2 hours on an L2 6kW+ public charger, and gives me enough energy to drive car about the same distance as a gallon of gas in HV mode. So I take 2x the hourly charging fee and compare that to the cost of a gallon of gas. The going rate of gasoline in my area is about $2.20-$2.30 a gallon, so that would mean a charging fee of $1.10 to $1.15 per hour is the break-even point for electric vs. gasoline. These numbers are by no means precise to the penny, but like I said I'm keeping it simple and making some approximations so that I don't have to pull out a calculator every time I pull up to a public charger. So this is where the "small premium" I mentioned earlier comes into play. There is a charging station at a shopping center where I go to from time to time that charges $1.25/hour, and I will use it if I need a little charge to get home in EV mode. I know, shame on me for wasting the 20-30 cents and setting a bad example. However, there are some stations in my area that have a fee as much as $2.00 per hour, which I flatly refuse to use. A nearby city, which has it's own municipal electric utility, built out a bunch of charging stations at public parks, library, zoo, etc., which would have been a great thing except they priced them all at $2.00 per hour. Not surprising, they hardly ever get used. I sent the utility a very polite e-mail explaining that their charging stations are not getting used because they are priced out of the market. That was a black hole of course, so now I just drive by the empty charging stations and shake my head.