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Great news!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/electric-vehicle-parking-fine-1.5394288

Also applies to EVs parked and not charging. I guess that means you can’t leave a sign saying “unplug me if needed” anymore, or you could run the risk of getting fined after someone unplugs you?

Great news nonetheless.

Several good points in this recent article. One notable point for me - “Yes, the plug-in hybrids or all-electric vehicles do cost more, but typically what the automakers have done is stagger their pricing, so that the high-end, all-gasoline version will be not too much less than the entry-level electric version,” Klippenstein said. “Almost no one really buys the bare-bones combustion version. And realizing that there’s a higher price point, automakers tend to stuff in more features for hybrids.”

Where you live and how much you drive may decide if hybrids are worth the cost – Coast Mountain News

We winter in Florida and I stopped to fill up our Odyssey yesterday at a new gas station that wasn't here last year. I was surprised that there were 5 fuel choices at each pump.
10% ethanol 87 octane @ $2.45
10% ethanol 89 octane @ $2.81
10% ethanol 91 octane @ $3.11
Straight 90 octane @ $3.15
Diesel @ $2.69

My daughter commented that she tried a tank of the Straight 90 octane in her Honda Element and it didn't seem to make a difference. I explained that it would probably only give her about 3% better mileage and for the higher price per gallon it wasn't worth it.

The biggest consumer was probably boaters as they have to pay upwards of $5/gallon at the dock for fuel. I would think that it is probably popular with motorcyclist and others like lawn mowing services that use small engines that don't take pleasure in rebuilding carburetors all the time.

I wish that they offered Straight 90 octane choice in Ohio as my Cub Cadet which I thought would burn almost anything runs rough...