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Are PHEV Owners Plugging In & L1 vs L2

1.4K views 37 replies 16 participants last post by  Tampa8  
For those PHEV owners who rarely fill up because most of their driving is within PHEV range: Since you rarely burn gas, it seems like there could be a danger of letting the gasoline in your tank deteriorate (old gasoline)...it can happen in a few months. Is that a concern? Do you use an additive to combat this?
Fuel stagnation is possible, but the pressurized fuel tank helps to combat this. Also, the ICE does get run for cabin heat, and I usually run my car in Auto mode, which tends to use HEV mode on the freeway at higher speeds. I'd say I go through 3/4 of a tank of gas every 3 or 4 months.

Fuel stabilizer additives exist, and I think I have a small bottle of one that I've purchased, but I haven't tried it yet 😅