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  on May 17<B>, 2023.</B></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333- </B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B>&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Nxu, Inc.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
  Its Charter) </B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 52%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 47%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>92-2819012</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1828 N. Higley Rd., Ste. 116</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Mesa, AZ 85205</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>Telephone: (602) 309-5425</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center">(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
  Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant&rsquo;s Principal Executive Offices)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Nxu, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center">(Full title of the Plan)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Mark Hanchett</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Nxu, Inc.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>1828 N. Higley Rd.
  Ste 116</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Mesa,&nbsp;AZ&nbsp;85205</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>Telephone: (602)&nbsp;309-5425</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center">(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
  Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>Michael J. Blankenship</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>James R. Brown</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>Winston &amp; Strawn LLP</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>800 Capitol St., Suite 2400</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>Houston, TX 77002-2925</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>Telephone: (713) 651-2600</B>&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
  &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth
  company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:</P>
  
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&uml;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated&nbsp;filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">x</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">x</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth&nbsp;company</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">x</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
  has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
  to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)
  PROSPECTUS</B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 94%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Plan Information.*</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 94%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 97%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;), either as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT</B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 94%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-indent: 0.5in">Nxu, Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) is
  incorporating by reference into this Registration Statement the filings listed below and any additional documents that the Registrant
  may file with the SEC pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the
  date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
  hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, except the Registrant is not incorporating by reference
  any information furnished (but not filed) under Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K and corresponding information
  furnished under Item&nbsp;9.01 as an exhibit thereto:</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 93%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923003900/at3923010k.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">March 16, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">, as amended by the Registrant&rsquo;s Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923006219/p42723010ka1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">April 28, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">; </FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923006878/z5923010q.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">May 12, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">; </FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923000312/b152308k.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">January 6, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">, </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923001217/r1272328k.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">January 30, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">, </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923002832/e2212318k.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">February 22, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">, </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923005435/j4142308k.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">April 17, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">, </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923005679/g4192338k.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">April 20, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">, </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923006167/j4262318k.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">April 28, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">, </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923006739/r5102318k.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">May 10, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">, </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923006969/g5122308k.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">May 12, 2023</FONT></A> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">and </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923006973/x5122318k.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">May 12, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">; and</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 93%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The description of the Registrant&rsquo;s Class A common stock, which is contained in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1971382/000121465923006975/j5122318a12b.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">May 12, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">, which incorporates the description of the Registrant&rsquo;s Class A common stock contained in the prospectus that is part of the Registrant&rsquo;s registration statement on Form S-4 originally filed with the SEC on </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923005439/g412233s4.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">April 17, 2023</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">, as amended and supplemented, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any
  statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall
  be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document that also
  is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 6%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 4. </B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 94%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description of Securities.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 6%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 5. </B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 94%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in"></P>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 6%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 6. </B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 94%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Section 145
  of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&ldquo;DGCL&rdquo;) authorizes a court to award, or a corporation&rsquo;s board of directors
  to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for
  liabilities, including reimbursement for expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Nxu&rsquo;s
  bylaws provide that Nxu shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
  or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right
  of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of Nxu, or, while a director or officer of
  Nxu, is or was serving at the request of Nxu as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
  trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
  in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted
  in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of Nxu, and, with respect
  to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person&rsquo;s conduct was unlawful.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Nxu&rsquo;s
  bylaws further provide that Nxu shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
  pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of Nxu to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person
  is or was a director or officer of Nxu, or, while a director or officer of Nxu, is or was serving at the request of Nxu as a director,
  officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against
  expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement
  of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
  best interests of Nxu; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall
  have been adjudged to be liable to Nxu unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit
  was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
  such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity by Nxu for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall
  deem proper.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Any of the
  foregoing indemnification provisions (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by Nxu only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination
  that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of
  conduct described above, which determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such
  determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a
  quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii)
  if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders.
  Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act
  on the matter on behalf of Nxu. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of Nxu has been successful on the
  merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall
  be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith,
  without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Expenses,
  including without limitation attorneys&rsquo; fees, incurred by a current or former director or officer in defending any civil, criminal,
  administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding to which such person is a party or is threatened to be made a party or otherwise
  involved as a witness or otherwise by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of Nxu, or, while a director
  or officer of Nxu, is or was serving at the request of Nxu as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
  joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall be paid by Nxu in advance of the final disposition of such action,
  suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such current or former director or officer to repay such amount if
  it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by Nxu.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">In addition,
  Nxu assumed certain customary indemnification agreements that Nxu&rsquo;s predecessor, Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc., entered into with each
  of its directors and officers. The assumption of these agreements require Nxu to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted
  under Delaware law and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Nxu purchased
  and maintains directors&rsquo; and officers&rsquo; liability insurance that insures Nxu&rsquo;s directors and officers against the cost
  of defense, settlement or payment of a judgement in some circumstances and insures Nxu against its obligations to indemnify the directors
  and officers.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The foregoing
  is only a general summary of certain aspects of Delaware law and Nxu&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation and bylaws dealing with indemnification
  of directors and officers and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions
  of those sections of the DGCL referenced above and Nxu&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation and bylaws.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 6%">
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7. </B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 94%">
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></P></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 6%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 8. </B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 94%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibits.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Exhibit No.</U></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 90%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Description</U></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923005439/g412233s4.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on April 17, 2023).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923005439/g412233s4.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Appendix C to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on April 17, 2023).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465922013155/ex4_1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form of Senior Secured Original Issue 10% Discount Convertible Promissory Note (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
      <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465922013155/ex4_2.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.5</FONT></TD>
      <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923001969/ex4_3.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form of Warrant Agency Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 10, 2023)</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.6</FONT></TD>
      <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923001969/ex4_4.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form of Series A and Series B Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 10, 2023)</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.7</FONT></TD>
      <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923005439/g412233s4.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Nxu, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix D to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on April 17, 2023).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex5_1.htm">Opinion of Winston &amp; Strawn LLP (filed herewith).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex23_1.htm">Consent of Prager Metis CPAs LLP (filed herewith).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD><A HREF="ex5_1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Winston &amp; Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD><A HREF="#poa"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">107</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex107.htm">Filing Fee Table (filed herewith).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in"><B>&nbsp;</B>&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in"><B>Item&nbsp;9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-indent: 0.5in">(1) To file, during any period in which offers
  or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in 0pt 0.6in; text-indent: 27pt">(i) to include any prospectus required
  by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in 0pt 0.6in; text-indent: 27pt">(ii) to reflect in the prospectus
  any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
  which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
  the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
  that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
  form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
  the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation
  of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement; and</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in 0pt 0.6in; text-indent: 27pt">(iii) to include any material information
  with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information
  in the registration statement;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>provided, however</I>, that:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in 0pt 0.6in; text-indent: 27pt">Paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply
  if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished
  to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange
  Act&rdquo;), that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-indent: 0.5in">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering
  thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-indent: 0.5in">(3) To remove from registration by means of
  a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in"></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-indent: 0.5in">(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability
  under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
  where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
  incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
  or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
  in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
  than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
  securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
  the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
  duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mesa,
  State of Arizona on May 17, 2023.</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 36%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Nxu, Inc.</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 11%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/  Mark Hanchett</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: Mark Hanchett</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title: Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><A NAME="poa"></A><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
  whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark Hanchett his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
  power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
  any and all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Nxu, Inc. and any subsequent registration statements related thereto
  pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8 (and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto), and to file the same,
  with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;),
  and generally to do all such things in their names and behalf in their capacities as officers and directors to enable the registrant to
  comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
  in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
  said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done
  by virtue hereof.</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.</P>
  
  
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 42%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Capacity in Which Signed</B></FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Mark Hanchett</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Mark Hanchett</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board</P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Apoorv Dwivedi</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Apoorv Dwivedi</font></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Chief Financial Officer</P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
      Officer)</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">May 17, 2023</P></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; text-align: center">/s/ Annie Pratt&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Annie Pratt</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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text: As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
  on May 17
  , 2023.
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Nxu, Inc.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
  Its Charter)
  Delaware
  92-2819012
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  1828 N. Higley Rd., Ste. 116
  Mesa, AZ 85205
  Telephone: (602) 309-5425
  (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
  Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
  Nxu, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  (Full title of the Plan)
  Mark Hanchett
  Chief Executive Officer
  Nxu, Inc.
  1828 N. Higley Rd.
  Ste 116
  Mesa, AZ 85205
  Telephone: (602) 309-5425
  (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
  Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  Copies to:
  Michael J. Blankenship
  James R. Brown
  Winston & Strawn LLP
  800 Capitol St., Suite 2400
  Houston, TX 77002-2925
  Telephone: (713) 651-2600
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
  "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth
  company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
  Large accelerated filer
  ¨
  Accelerated filer
  ¨
  Non-accelerated filer
  x
  Smaller reporting company
  x
  Emerging growth company
  x
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
  has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
  to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act
  ☐
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
  PROSPECTUS
  Item 1.
  Plan Information.*
  Item 2.
  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
  *
  The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), either as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  Nxu, Inc. (the "Registrant") is
  incorporating by reference into this Registration Statement the filings listed below and any additional documents that the Registrant
  may file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the
  date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
  hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, except the Registrant is not incorporating by reference
  any information furnished (but not filed) under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K and corresponding information
  furnished under Item 9.01 as an exhibit thereto:
  (a)
  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on
  March 16, 2023
  , as amended by the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on
  April 28, 2023
  ;
  (b)
  The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on
  May 12, 2023
  ;
  (c)
  The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
  January 6, 2023
  ,
  January 30, 2023
  ,
  February 22, 2023
  ,
  April 17, 2023
  ,
  April 20, 2023
  ,
  April 28, 2023
  ,
  May 10, 2023
  ,
  May 12, 2023
  and
  May 12, 2023
  ; and
  (d)
  The description of the Registrant's Class A common stock, which is contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on
  May 12, 2023
  , which incorporates the description of the Registrant's Class A common stock contained in the prospectus that is part of the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-4 originally filed with the SEC on
  April 17, 2023
  , as amended and supplemented, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  Any
  statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall
  be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document that also
  is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 4.
  Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Section 145
  of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors
  to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for
  liabilities, including reimbursement for expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act.
  Nxu's
  bylaws provide that Nxu shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
  or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right
  of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of Nxu, or, while a director or officer of
  Nxu, is or was serving at the request of Nxu as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
  trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
  in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted
  in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of Nxu, and, with respect
  to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was unlawful.
  Nxu's
  bylaws further provide that Nxu shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
  pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of Nxu to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person
  is or was a director or officer of Nxu, or, while a director or officer of Nxu, is or was serving at the request of Nxu as a director,
  officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against
  expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement
  of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
  best interests of Nxu; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall
  have been adjudged to be liable to Nxu unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit
  was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
  such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity by Nxu for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall
  deem proper.
  Any of the
  foregoing indemnification provisions (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by Nxu only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination
  that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of
  conduct described above, which determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such
  determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a
  quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii)
  if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders.
  Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act
  on the matter on behalf of Nxu. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of Nxu has been successful on the
  merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall
  be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith,
  without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.
  Expenses,
  including without limitation attorneys' fees, incurred by a current or former director or officer in defending any civil, criminal,
  administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding to which such person is a party or is threatened to be made a party or otherwise
  involved as a witness or otherwise by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of Nxu, or, while a director
  or officer of Nxu, is or was serving at the request of Nxu as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
  joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall be paid by Nxu in advance of the final disposition of such action,
  suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such current or former director or officer to repay such amount if
  it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by Nxu.
  In addition,
  Nxu assumed certain customary indemnification agreements that Nxu's predecessor, Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc., entered into with each
  of its directors and officers. The assumption of these agreements require Nxu to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted
  under Delaware law and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.
  Nxu purchased
  and maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance that insures Nxu's directors and officers against the cost
  of defense, settlement or payment of a judgement in some circumstances and insures Nxu against its obligations to indemnify the directors
  and officers.
  The foregoing
  is only a general summary of certain aspects of Delaware law and Nxu's certificate of incorporation and bylaws dealing with indemnification
  of directors and officers and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions
  of those sections of the DGCL referenced above and Nxu's certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
  Item 7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on April 17, 2023).
  4.2
  Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Appendix C to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on April 17, 2023).
  4.3
  Form of Senior Secured Original Issue 10% Discount Convertible Promissory Note (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022).
  4.4
  Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022).
  4.5
  Form of Warrant Agency Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 10, 2023)
  .
  4.6
  Form of Series A and Series B Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 10, 2023)
  .
  4.7
  Nxu, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix D to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on April 17, 2023).
  5.1
  Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP (filed herewith).
  23.1
  Consent of Prager Metis CPAs LLP (filed herewith).
  23.2
  Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
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  Filing Fee Table (filed herewith).
  Item 9.    Undertakings.
  (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers
  or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) to include any prospectus required
  by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii) to reflect in the prospectus
  any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
  which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
  the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
  that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
  form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
  the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
  of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
  (iii) to include any material information
  with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information
  in the registration statement;
  provided, however
  , that:
  Paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply
  if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished
  to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
  Act"), that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering
  thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of
  a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (4) That, for purposes of determining any liability
  under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
  where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
  incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
  or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
  in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
  than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
  securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
  the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
  duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mesa,
  State of Arizona on May 17, 2023.
  Nxu, Inc.
  /s/  Mark Hanchett
  Name: Mark Hanchett
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
  whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark Hanchett his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
  power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
  any and all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Nxu, Inc. and any subsequent registration statements related thereto
  pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8 (and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto), and to file the same,
  with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
  and generally to do all such things in their names and behalf in their capacities as officers and directors to enable the registrant to
  comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
  in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
  said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done
  by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
  Signature
  Capacity in Which Signed
  Date
  /s/ Mark Hanchett
  Mark Hanchett
  Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  May 17, 2023
  /s/ Apoorv Dwivedi
  Apoorv Dwivedi
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
      Officer)
  May 17, 2023
  /s/ Annie Pratt
  Annie Pratt
  Director
  May 17, 2023
  /s/ Britt Ide
  Britt Ide
  Director
  May 17, 2023
  /s/ Caryn Nightengale
  Caryn Nightengale
  Director
  May 17, 2023