{"id":22038,"date":"2026-10-05T18:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T22:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/?p=22038"},"modified":"2026-10-05T08:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:30:44","slug":"e85-gas-trending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/e85-gas-trending\/","title":{"rendered":"E85 Is Going Viral As Gas Prices Soar in the U.S., But It Could Actually Cost You a Lot More Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices are insane. As of September 2026, the average price of a gallon of gas in the United States was $4.33. That goes up to $6.40 if you live in Los Angeles like me.<\/p>\n<p>With how insane the gas prices are, some people have been getting a bit creative. Recently, a TikTok video went viral of a guy showing up at the gas station, expressing shock at the gas prices (relatable), then using E85.<\/p>\n<p>At this particular gas station, E85 was $3, $1.50 less than regular gas.<\/p>\n<h2>Is E85 actually worth using in your car?<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@blockedup904\/video\/7688877371025362207\" data-video-id=\"7688877371025362207\">\n<section><a title=\"@blockedup904\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@blockedup904?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@blockedup904<\/a>E85 Meeeeeeee ! Flex Fuel for the win \ud83e\udee1 For a trick I barely drive, I don&#8217;t give a fuck if it burn faster! One full tank will last me two weeks \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Mind your Pockets !<a title=\"\u266c original sound - Blockedup904\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7688877406756653854?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Blockedup904<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s very tempting to go with the cheapest gas at the pump when things are this expensive. However, this video is likely rage bait.<\/p>\n<p>At least, it annoyed <em>me<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>E85 isn&#8217;t interchangeable with regular gasoline and may even damage your vehicle. E85 contains 51% to 83% ethanol and is a blend specifically for flexible-fuel vehicles (FFVs). If you don&#8217;t own an FFV (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/who-actually-buys-e85-fuel\/\">you can find out here<\/a>), you could risk corrosion and wear after long-term use. It will eventually break down various fuel system components.<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230; What if you risk it just once? I am going to assume the vehicle will live. However, it&#8217;s not even worth the risk. E85 has less energy per gallon than gasoline (E85 with 83% ethanol gets 27% less energy per gallon). This means you will get far less mileage out of it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m bad with math, but this means the $3 isn&#8217;t actually a good deal, since you may lose a lot of mileage and need to fill up a lot sooner. You&#8217;d need to check your usual gas mileage, then compare it to the mileage you&#8217;d get with E85 to see if it even pays off financially.<\/p>\n<p>Some TikTok comments advised drivers to &#8220;mix&#8221; E85 with regular gas to use it without issues. But this is probably not even worth the effort, to be honest.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, E85 is priced between $2.95 and\u00a0$3.32 per gallon in the United States. It&#8217;s tempting, but it could lead to more fill-ups and even costly maintenance. Which means, not worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices are insane. As of September 2026, the average price of a gallon of gas in the United States &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"E85 Is Going Viral As Gas Prices Soar in the U.S., But It Could Actually Cost You a Lot More Money\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/e85-gas-trending\/#more-22038\" aria-label=\"Read more about E85 Is Going Viral As Gas Prices Soar in the U.S., But It Could Actually Cost You a Lot More Money\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","resize-featured-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22038"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22124,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22038\/revisions\/22124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}