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Good afternoon,

I have lived in California my entire life. I have worked in towing
since I was 16 years old and paid my way through college.  I now
own 3 different companies across the nation contracted with AAA for
emergency roadside service running over 10,000 calls a month, and
owning over 100 tow trucks and service units.

I own an electric vehicle myself and would want nothing more to be
able to switch and drop my cost of fuel and maintenance; however,
this dream is not a reality. Tow trucks need to be able to fuel up
quickly (cannot wait an hour at a super charger) need to be able to
tow vehicles for long distances (the most advanced truck on the
market goes from 600 miles of range to 100 once loaded)  This would
make the tow truck able to tow 1-2 calls and charge up rather than
a conventional diesel/gas truck.  This is going to cause extreme
delays, and frankly is not financially possible. The amount of
employees and trucks you would need to add would make the company
negative year over year without ever seeing a profit margin.  

Cost, efficiency, time, none of these factors make this goal
realistic.  I am implore you to please reconsider this and make an
exception to allow our already traffic streets and highways the
needed emergency roadside they need.