August 7, 2023

 

VIA EDGAR

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549-6010

Attention: Evan Ewing

 

Re:	Nxu, Inc.
	Registration Statement on Form S-1
	Filed on June 21, 2023, as amended
	File No. 333-272793

 

Dear Mr. Ewing:

 

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Nxu, Inc. (the “Company”) respectfully requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated so as to permit it to become effective at 4:30 p.m. Washington D.C. time on August 8, 2023, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

Please contact Michael Blankenship or James Brown of Winston & Strawn LLP, counsel to the Company, at (713) 651-2678 or (713) 651-2796, respectively, to provide notice of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or if you have any other questions or concerns regarding this matter.

 

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	Very truly yours,
	NXU, INC.
	By:	/s/ Mark Hanchett
	Name:	Mark Hanchett
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

cc:	Michael Blankenship, Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP
	James Brown, Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP