Canoo a US car – or a bus on skateboard wheels

While most US car firms are trying to close their eyes and pretend that EVs are not happening and the native US oil industry is trying to fight charging points, territory by territory with legal obstacles, there are at least some US EV innovators. Canoo is a new one out this week, offering a pod style vehicle that will only be available as a full subscription. We have been pushing the idea of a subscription for EVs simply because like many renewable projects, paying the equivalent of an LCOE makes them attractive, but if you get hit with a huge capex bill up front, it feels more expensive, not less. A subscription covers the electricity to run it, use of…