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In addition to these there is added fuel dilution from the ethanol that would cause lower lubrication meaning you will need more frequent oil changes. I know Toyota does not have an oil life monitoring system in my 2013 but most of the GM vehicles I've had have this. It accounts for city vs highway driving and how long each drive cycle is. More trips of 20mi or less where the engine cannot fully heat up to burn off the water byproducts = more fuel dilution. E15 will only make this worse with the additives to keep the vapor pressures at bay for outside the engine emissions controls. EPA monitors not only the emissions from the engine, but emissions from filling the gas tank, purge canister, PCV system; anything that has gasoline through it they monitor for emissions and try to control that with lower volatility fuel.
It should have no difference on the engine internals, but E10 specifically will make your fuel system components wear out quicker due to the potential for E10 to become mildly acidic, in addition to the alcohol component of the ethanol drying out the rubber seals. If you drive your GX quite a bit it'll probably take a long time to become an issue, since the ethanol won't be in the tank long enough to turn acidic. Also, Toyota uses excellent quality rubber in their hoses.
There's no way that this wasn't an intended side effect to thin out internal combustion products and generate more tax revenue. Yes, mandated by our Red State MO government to keep their base happy
. Ethanol is a crock of crap, benefits a few at the expense of all of us!They already do. Glencore owns mines in Congo which is notorious for slave and child labor violations and those mines provide most of the cobalt. A lot of companies are trying to divest from cobalt chemistries, but there is not breakthrough tech yet. Once that happens it might heighten adoption. I just read an article that GM is utilizing a mine in Australia for their batteries but partnered with Glencore, so who knows if it is really from Australia or just another shell gig. Tesla and most of the China built EV's within China are using shell companies from the Congo to supply their batteries as of now to avoid direct human rights violations. Not to mention the shipment of all these minerals using sludge fuel ships and contaminating water and ecosystems to mine the other heavy metals for the batteries. No one has done a real comparison between the two to see what impacts the planet more, but 1 thing will always be worse and that is people buying a new car less than every 10 years. Each time you trade in for a new vehicle you reset your carbon emission stream and never really offset the costs associated. Cars need to stay on the roads for 15+ years to really start to become carbon positive. EV vs gas is at about 10 years before becoming more carbon positive than a gas vehicle; if it were not to remain on the road due to an accident, etc then the carbon offset was really wasted. The Dirty Secrets Of ‘Clean’ Electric Vehicles - https://www.forbes.com/sites/tilakdoshi/2020/08/02/the-dirty-secrets-of-clean-electric-vehicles/?sh=27587762650bYes, mandated by our Red State MO government to keep their base happy
Don't want to get on too much of a tangent but we are not getting off internal combustion engines any time soon. There are not enough quantities of battery metals available in the near future to make the transition, and we can't develop and permit new mines fast enough in the USA to meet the demand. Prices for cobalt, nickel, lithium, and copper are going to skyrocket and slow the whole thing down based on commodities shortages. Or we'll have to get EV metals from 3rd world counties with lax environmental standards and where they are mined using child labor or other human rights abuses. This is coming from someone who does a lot of work for the mining industry.
EVs are no greener than our 2UZ and 1UR powered GX's, where we at least run domestically-sourced fossil fuels extracted under strict environmental and labor standards.
That's the motto for all politicians regardless of which side they are on (two sides of the same corrupt coin). I'm so happy to be in the middle. lol
I've never had that experience where octane effects MPG, even in my newer direct injected IS350... definitely feel less power on 85 but MPGs were more or less the same.
