# Hawaii has 10% (E10) fuel at all locations **URL:** \ **Category:** Tomorrow's EV\ **Created:** [January 31, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/hawaii-has-10-e10-fuel-at-all-locations/528 "2008-01-31T15:11:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SerpaDesigns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SerpaDesigns](https://community.electricforum.com/u/SerpaDesigns)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/hawaii-has-10-e10-fuel-at-all-locations/528/1 "2008-01-31T15:11:06Z")
After flooring it to get on the “highway” it smelled very bitter, I hope E85 or even E100 smells different. I rented a Toyota Camry but they were out so they had to give me a Cadillac CTS 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FEUS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@FEUS](https://community.electricforum.com/u/FEUS)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/hawaii-has-10-e10-fuel-at-all-locations/528/2 "2008-02-01T08:06:10Z")
[QUOTE=SerpaDesigns;1761]After flooring it to get on the “highway” it smelled very bitter, I hope E85 or even E100 smells different. I rented a Toyota Camry but they were out so they had to give me a Cadillac CTS :D[/QUOTE] oh, what a shame lmao… as far as the E10, thats in 90% of the gas stations anyways. (VERY common in the midwest… ---
**Author:** ![SerpaDesigns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SerpaDesigns](https://community.electricforum.com/u/SerpaDesigns)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/hawaii-has-10-e10-fuel-at-all-locations/528/3 "2008-02-01T11:56:54Z")
[QUOTE=FEUS;1768]oh, what a shame lmao… as far as the E10, thats in 90% of the gas stations anyways. (VERY common in the Midwest…[/QUOTE] Yea I thought, why not, only chance to drive one in my life, even if I could afford one I wouldn’t buy one… Oh and I really didn’t know but, 10% ethyl alcohol in California gas is ethanol, haha oops, I wonder why it smells differently in Hawaii than in the Bay Area? weird ---
**Author:** ![FEUS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@FEUS](https://community.electricforum.com/u/FEUS)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 6:28am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/hawaii-has-10-e10-fuel-at-all-locations/528/4 "2008-02-04T06:28:50Z")
[QUOTE=SerpaDesigns;1776]Yea I thought, why not, only chance to drive one in my life, even if I could afford one I wouldn’t buy one… Oh and I really didn’t know but, 10% ethyl alcohol in California gas is ethanol, haha oops, I wonder why it smells differently in Hawaii than in the Bay Area? weird[/QUOTE] yea, the nice thing about them adding that to the gas is that it stands up to the cold a bit better than normal plain gas (for colder winters) ---
**Author:** ![Lectrol](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/lectrol/32/328_2.png) [@Lectrol](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Lectrol)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/hawaii-has-10-e10-fuel-at-all-locations/528/5 "2008-02-12T11:26:53Z")
all of the gas in arizona is 10% ethanol… ---
**Author:** ![SerpaDesigns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SerpaDesigns](https://community.electricforum.com/u/SerpaDesigns)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/hawaii-has-10-e10-fuel-at-all-locations/528/6 "2008-03-24T12:55:53Z")
Oh actually I checked several different web sites and California only has 5.7% ethanol in its formulation. ---
**Author:** ![Seafarer12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Seafarer12](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Seafarer12)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/hawaii-has-10-e10-fuel-at-all-locations/528/7 "2008-06-09T16:46:17Z")
ethanol has been used for years as an additive. Running 10% or less is nothing new.