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                               November 6, 2020

       Daniel J. Hennessy
       Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
       Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV
       3415 N. Pines Way, Suite 204
       Wilson, Wyoming 83014

                                                        Re: Hennessy Capital
Acquisition Corp. IV
                                                            Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form S-4
                                                            Filed October 23,
2020
                                                            File No. 333-248923

       Dear Mr. Hennessy:

             We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the
following
       comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
information so we
       may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and
       circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
       response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Unless we note
       otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our
October 15, 2020 letter.

       Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed October 23,
2020

       What interests do Hennessy Capital's current officers and directors have
in the Business
       Combination?, page 9

   1.                                                   Please revise the first
bullet point here, and elsewhere, to disclose the consideration paid
                                                        for the Sponsor shares
and Private Placement Warrants.
       Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations, page 137

   2.                                                   Please remove the
disclosure that "This discussion is for informational purposes only".
 Daniel J. Hennessy
FirstName  LastNameDaniel
                  AcquisitionJ. Corp.
                                 Hennessy
Hennessy Capital                      IV
Comapany 6,
November   NameHennessy
              2020         Capital Acquisition Corp. IV
November
Page 2     6, 2020 Page 2
FirstName LastName
General

3.       We note that the proxy statement/prospectus is missing information
such as the Hennessy
         Capital record date and special meeting date, interests of directors
and officers, and the
         Board of New Canoo. Please include this information, and any other
missing information,
         in a pre-effective amendment.
        You may contact Kevin Stertzel, Staff Accountant, at 202-551-3723 or
John Cash,
Accounting Branch Chief, at 202-551-3768 if you have questions regarding
comments on the
financial statements and related matters. Please contact Thomas Jones, Staff
Attorney, at 202-
551-3602 or Sherry Haywood, Staff Attorney, at 202-551-3345 with any other
questions.



                                                              Sincerely,

                                                              Division of
Corporation Finance
                                                              Office of
Manufacturing
cc:      Michael P. Heinz