Tow Professional - Volume: 11 Issue: 4

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EV TOWING

Is the Towing industry ready for an

onslaught of EV’s? By: Chris Young

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ccording to InsideEV’s, Q1 2022 new registrations of EV’s was up 60% to just over 158,000 units. Coming as no surprise, Tesla led that charge with 113,882 units alone. Kia, Ford, and Hyundai rounded out the top four all with considerable YOY gains in units delivered. This is a new record of 4.6% market share 52

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for Electrics all while new car sales were down 18%, 3.4 million units, due to ongoing supply chain complications If you ask a tower what EV’s they’ve towed, the overwhelming majority of the responses will be “Tesla”. It’s been 10 years since the first Tesla Model S hit the street and the company has done an


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