October 26, 2023

 

VIA EDGAR

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549-6010

Attention: Eranga Dias

 

Re:

Nxu, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3 Filed on October 17, 2023 File No. 333-275059

 

 

Dear Mr. Dias,

 

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 4:00 p.m. Washington D.C. time on October 30, 2023, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

Please contact Michael Blankenship of Winston & Strawn LLP, counsel to the Company, at (713) 651-2678 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