Movable tow hook assemblies and vehicles including same providing solenoid-controlled impact absorption

A tow hook assembly comprising:

• a housing including one or more side walls, a rear wall, a front wall, an aperture formed in the front wall, and a housing coil encircling the one or more side walls;
• a tow hook slidably movable through the aperture of the housing between an extended position and a retracted position, the tow hook including a tow hook coil encircling an outer surface of the tow hook,
• wherein, upon the tow hook moving a distance exceeding a predetermined distance threshold, the housing coil and the tow hook coil receive a current such that the housing coil generates a magnetic field providing an energy absorption effect on the tow hook damping movement of the tow hook during movement from the extended position to the retracted position.