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Inside Look At New Car Company Canoo - Jay Leno's Garage
Youtube ^ | Jay Leno and Canoo

Posted on 07/13/2020 11:27:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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Described as a "loft on wheels" based on the philosophy that "there is no need for EVs to look like traditional cars," the Canoo is a boxy, spacious vehicle that has room for seven in seats that are "designed to feel more like furniture than traditional car seats." ...Canoo promises the Canoo "will be the first true steer-by-wire vehicle on the market," ...riders use their own phone to control things that don't actively move the vehicle, such as navigation, music, and heating and cooling... supposed to be good for 250 miles on the EPA test and can fast charge to 80 percent full in 30 minutes. The Canoo has an 80.0-kWh motor making 300 horsepower... In a Medium post, the company described just how its subscription service will save people money. Starting with a few assumptions about leasing a luxury SUV and then adding in insurance and gas and all of the other costs that come with owning a car, Canoo says you might end up paying over $900 a month, all told. "Automakers and the auto industry have made a killing for decades by understanding this . . . Advertise low and hit the consumer on the back end when they are already invested in the process," the company wrote. Compare that to the simple monthly fee Canoo plans on charging, with maintenance and insurance and other fees included, and you can see why it's worth watching.
Canoo Is a Podlike, Microbus-Style Electric Vehicle You Can Subscribe to | Car and Driver | Sebastian Blanco

1 posted on 07/13/2020 11:27:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Only available in black, of course, although technically it's not available at all.

2 posted on 07/13/2020 11:28:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Army Air Corps

Ping


3 posted on 07/13/2020 11:33:43 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: SunkenCiv

Canoo believe it?


4 posted on 07/13/2020 11:34:10 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: SunkenCiv
Been there done that.
5 posted on 07/13/2020 11:34:52 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: SunkenCiv

Visibility issues with that forward pillar?


6 posted on 07/13/2020 11:36:02 AM PDT by golux
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To: SunkenCiv

Only available in black, of course...


So it’s actually made by Western Electric?


7 posted on 07/13/2020 11:39:46 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: HombreSecreto

Henry Ford must be in charge. Any color you want as long as it is black.


8 posted on 07/13/2020 11:42:28 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: SunkenCiv

I am a die in the wool car guy but Jay Leno is a far left loonie.


9 posted on 07/13/2020 11:43:50 AM PDT by setter
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“Visibility issues with that forward pillar?”

Visibility? Will you need visibility? On long trips you maybe will able to sleep so blinds will be needed. Think of a long train trip like “North by Northwest”. You will be able to drink in the car. All sorts of mischief can be accomplished.


10 posted on 07/13/2020 11:46:32 AM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: setter
Uh, no.

11 posted on 07/13/2020 11:58:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: setter
I am a die in the wool car guy but Jay Leno is a far left loonie.

The figure of speech is "dyed in the wool." It means "deeply ingrained," dyed before the wool was made into yarn, and before the yarn was made into cloth.

12 posted on 07/13/2020 11:59:52 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: setter

Hardly


13 posted on 07/13/2020 12:02:51 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: SunkenCiv

Oh yes he is liberal. The links to the jokes Leno made of Obama was back in the day when comedians made fun of everyone left and right on late night television. Those days have passed.

Leno says right here he is not conservative, he is major fan of Michael Moore etc

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2009/09/which-way-does-leno-lean/348011/


14 posted on 07/13/2020 12:06:08 PM PDT by setter
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To: al baby; SunkenCiv

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/12/jay-leno-backs-joe-biden-for-president-over-donald/


15 posted on 07/13/2020 12:09:15 PM PDT by setter
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To: SunkenCiv

They use the word ‘subscription’ to make it sound different, but it is still basically a leased car.


16 posted on 07/13/2020 12:11:55 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Follow your Inner Trump)
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To: setter

Liberal, maybe, but hardly a far left looney.


17 posted on 07/13/2020 12:13:23 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Follow your Inner Trump)
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To: setter

“Leno says right here he is not conservative, he is major fan of Michael Moore etc”

Another rich lefty who doesn’t understand that once the real hardcore left gets power, they’re on the menu. And if Michael Moore is involved, maybe literally.


18 posted on 07/13/2020 12:17:49 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m still waiting for Elio to start production.

/maybe sarc


19 posted on 07/13/2020 12:19:19 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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20 posted on 07/13/2020 12:24:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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