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                              October 9, 2020

       Michael Burdiek
       Chief Executive Officer
       Motion Acquisition Corp.
       The Chrysler Building
       405 Lexington Avenue
       New York, NY 10174

                                                        Re: Motion Acquisition
Corp.
                                                            Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form S-1
                                                            Filed October 5,
2020
                                                            File No. 333-249061

       Dear Mr. Burdiek:

             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.

       Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1

       Exhibit 4.4, page II-4

   1.                                                   We note that the form
of warrant agreement filed as Exhibit 4.4 provides that the company
                                                        agrees that any action,
proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way
                                                        to the agreement shall
be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or
                                                        the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably
                                                        submits to such
jurisdiction,    which jurisdiction shall be exclusive.    If this provision
                                                        requires investors in
this offering to bring any such action, proceeding or claim in the
                                                        courts of the State of
New York or the United States District Court for the Southern
                                                        District of New York,
please disclose such provision in your registration statement, and
                                                        disclose whether this
provision applies to actions arising under the Securities Act or
 Michael Burdiek
Motion Acquisition Corp.
October 9, 2020
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      Exchange Act. If the provision applies to actions arising under the
Securities Act or
      Exchange Act, please also add related risk factor disclosure. If this
provision does not
      apply to actions arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, please
also ensure that
      the provision in the warrant agreement states this clearly.
       You may contact Jennifer O'Brien, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3721 or
Ethan
Horowitz, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3311 if you have questions
regarding
comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Anuja
A. Majmudar,
Attorney-Adviser, at (202) 551-3844 or, in her absence, Karina Dorin,
Attorney-Adviser, at
(202) 551-3763 with any other questions.



                                                           Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameMichael Burdiek
                                                           Division of
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameMotion Acquisition Corp.
                                                           Office of Energy &
Transportation
October 9, 2020 Page 2
cc:       Jeffrey Gallant
FirstName LastName