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  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>As filed with the United States Securities
  and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2024.</b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: right"><b>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></p>
  
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  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>UNITED STATES </b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style="font: 12pt 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>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in 0pt 0">&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style="font: 14pt 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>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</p>
  
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      <td style="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; width: 49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Delaware</b></font></td>
      <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%">&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>92-2819012</b></font></td></tr>
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      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of</font></p>
                                                          <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10pt">incorporation or organization)</font></p></td>
      <td style="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer</font></p>
                                                          <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Identification No.)</font></p></td></tr>
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  <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; 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">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip
  Code)</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; 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>
  
  <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; 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, AZ 85205</b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center">(Name and address of agent for service)</p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>(602) 309-5425</b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center">(Telephone number, including area code, of
  agent for service)</p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b><i>With a copy to: </i></b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>Michael M. Donahey</b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>Eileen K. Vernon</b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>Snell &amp; Wilmer L.L.P.</b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>One East Washington Street, Suite 2700</b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>Phoenix, AZ 85004</b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>(602) 382-6000</b>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
  
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      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer</font></td>
      <td>&#9744;</td>
      <td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer</font></td>
      <td style="text-align: center">&#9744;</td></tr>
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      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer</font></td>
      <td><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9746;</font></td>
      <td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company</font></td>
      <td style="text-align: center">&#9746;</td></tr>
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      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company</font></td>
      <td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9746;</font></td></tr>
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  <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; text-align: justify">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">&#9746;</font>&nbsp;</p>
  
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  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b></b></p>
  
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  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>EXPLANATORY NOTE</b></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-align: justify">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8,
  Nxu, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;Registration
  Statement&rdquo;) to register an additional 48,015,188 shares of the Company&rsquo;s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
  (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), for issuance under the Nxu, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated on August 14, 2024
  upon approval of the Company&rsquo;s stockholders (as amended and restated, the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). Such shares of Common Stock are in
  addition to the 2,333,333 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split, as defined below) issuable pursuant to the
  Plan registered on the Company&rsquo;s registration statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-272020) (the &ldquo;2023 Form S-8&rdquo;) filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on May 17, 2023, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein,
  except that the provisions contained in Part II of the 2023 Form S-8 are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On December 26, 2023, the Company effected a 1-for-150
  reverse stock split of shares of Common Stock (the &ldquo;Reverse Stock Split&rdquo;). As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every 150
  shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after the close of trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on December 26, 2023 were
  combined and converted into one share of Common Stock. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan were also adjusted
  proportionately as a result of the Reverse Stock Split.</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; text-align: center"><b>PART II</b>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style="margin: 0"> <b>Item 3.</b> <b>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</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; text-align: justify">The Company is incorporating by reference into
  this Registration Statement the filings listed below and any additional documents that the Company 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 Company 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:</p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
  
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  <td style="width: 0.25in"></td><td style="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</td><td style="text-align: justify">The Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924005647/d31424110k.htm">Form 10-K</a> for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with
  the SEC on April 1, 2024, as amended by the Company&rsquo;s Amendment No. 1 on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924007927/s43024010ka1.htm">Form 10-K/A</a> filed with the SEC on May 1, 2024;</td></tr></table>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
  
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  <td style="width: 0.25in"></td><td style="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</td><td style="text-align: justify">The Company&rsquo;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2024, June
  30, 2024 and September 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924008802/r42624010q.htm">May 10, 2024</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924013896/p72524510q.htm">August 6, 2024</a> and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924018792/nxu103024310q.htm">November 13, 2024</a>, respectively;</td></tr></table>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</p>
  
  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><tr style="vertical-align: top">
  <td style="width: 0.25in"></td><td style="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</td><td style="text-align: justify">The Company&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924000715/z1102438k.htm">January 12, 2024</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924002919/p2142428k.htm">February 14, 2024</a>,
  <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924006244/x442408k.htm">April 5, 2024</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924007221/g4192408k.htm">April 19, 2024</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924008842/g5102438k.htm">May 10, 2024</a> (Item 2.05 only), <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000114036124034031/ny20032870x2_8k.htm">July 24, 2024</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924014872/x8152408k.htm">August 16, 2024</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924016137/v942408k.htm">September 6, 2024</a>, and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924017876/u10212428k.htm">October 24, 2024</a>
  (Items 1.01, 5.02 and 8.01 and corresponding exhibits under Item 9.01 only); and</td></tr></table>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</p>
  
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  <td style="width: 0.25in"></td><td style="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</td><td style="text-align: justify">The description of the Common Stock, which is contained in the Company&rsquo;s registration statement
  on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1971382/000121465923006975/j5122318a12b.htm">Form 8-A12B</a> (File No. 001-41702) filed with the SEC on May 12, 2023, which incorporates the description of the Common Stock contained
  in the prospectus that is part of the Company&rsquo;s registration statement on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923005439/g412233s4.htm">Form S-4</a> 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.</td></tr></table>
  
  <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; text-align: justify">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; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
  
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  <p style="margin: 0"> <b>Item 8.</b> <b>Exhibits.</b>&nbsp;</p>
  
  
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in"><b>&nbsp;</b></p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in"><b></b></p>
  
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      <td style="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: justify; width: 9%"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><u style="text-decoration: none">Exhibit No.</u></font></td>
      <td style="width: 1%">&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 90%"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><u style="text-decoration: none">Description</u></font></td></tr>
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      <td style="text-align: justify"><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.1</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924005647/ex3_1.htm">Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company&rsquo;s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024)</a></font></td></tr>
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      <td style="text-align: justify"><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.2</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923016914/ex3_2.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, dated December 26, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company&rsquo;s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 27, 2023)</font></a></td></tr>
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      <td style="text-align: justify"><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.3</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924014872/ex3_1.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, dated August 16, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company&rsquo;s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 16, 2024)</font></a></td></tr>
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      <td style="text-align: justify"><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.4</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923016914/ex3_1.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, dated December 22, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 27, 2023)</font></a></td></tr>
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      <td style="text-align: justify"><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.5</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121390024096067/ea022008701ex3-5_nxuinc.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Designations of Series B Preferred Stock of the Company, dated August 16, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on November 12, 2024)</font></a></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <td style="text-align: justify"><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.6</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924005647/ex3_4.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Company&rsquo;s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024)</font></a></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <td style="text-align: justify"><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.7</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000114036124034031/ny20032870x2_ex3-1.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Amendment No. 1 to the Bylaws of Nxu, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company&rsquo;s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 24, 2024)</font></a></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.8</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://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 Company&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">4.9</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://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 Company&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">4.10</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://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></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.11</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://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></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.12</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923012503/ex4_3.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)</font></a></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.13</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923013253/ex4_5.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Form of Pre-Funded Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on October 10, 2023)</font></a></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.14</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923010785/ex4_4.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on August 4, 2023).</font></a></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.15</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923009383/ex4_4.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 10, 2023)</font></a></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.16</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923009383/ex4_5.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Form of Pre-Funded Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 10, 2023)</font></a></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.17</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465923016914/ex10_2.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Registration Rights Agreement, by and between the Company and the selling stockholder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company&rsquo;s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 27, 2023)</font></a></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">5.1</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="ea022472501ex5-1_nxuinc.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Snell &amp; Wilmer L.L.P. (filed herewith)</font></a></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">23.1</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="ea022472501ex23-1_nxuinc.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Prager Metis CPAs LLC (filed herewith)</font></a></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">23.2</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="ea022472501ex5-1_nxuinc.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Snell &amp; Wilmer L.L.P. (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>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><a href="#a_001">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)</a></font></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">99.1</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465924014872/ex10_1.htm">Nxu, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company&rsquo;s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 16, 2024)</a></font></td></tr>
    <tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">107</font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="text-align: justify"><a href="ea022472501ex-fee_nxuinc.htm"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Filing Fee Table (filed herewith)</font></a></td></tr>
    </table>
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  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><b>SIGNATURES</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; text-align: justify">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 December 18, 2024.</p>
  
  <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
  
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      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>NXU, INC.</b></font></td>
      </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
      </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Mark Hanchett</font></td>
      </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; width: 60%">&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 5%"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Name:&nbsp;</font></td>
      <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 35%"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Mark Hanchett</font></td>
      </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Title: </font></td>
      <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</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-align: center"><b><a name="a_001"></a>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></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-align: justify">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>
  
  <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-align: justify">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>
  
  <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"></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="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 24%; vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><b>Signature</b></font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 55%; vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><b>Capacity
      in Which Signed</b></font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 19%; vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><b>Date</b></font></TD></TR>
    <tr style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD></TR>
    <tr style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Mark Hanchett</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief
      Executive Officer and Chair of the Board</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December
      18, 2024</font></TD></TR>
    <tr style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Mark
      Hanchett</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal
      Executive Officer)</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD></TR>
    <tr style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD></TR>
    <tr style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Sarah Wyant</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief
      Financial Officer</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December
      18, 2024</font></TD></TR>
    <tr style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sarah
      Wyant</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal
      Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD></TR>
    <tr style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD></TR>
    <tr style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Annie Pratt </font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">President
      and Director</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December
      18, 2024</font></TD></TR>
    <tr style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Annie
      Pratt</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
      <td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></TD>
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text: As filed with the United States Securities
  and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2024.
  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
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip
  Code)
  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
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (602) 309-5425
  (Telephone number, including area code, of
  agent for service)
  With a copy to:
  Michael M. Donahey
  Eileen K. Vernon
  Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
  One East Washington Street, Suite 2700
  Phoenix, AZ 85004
  (602) 382-6000
  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
  ☒
  Smaller reporting company
  ☒
  Emerging growth company
  ☒
  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.
  ☒
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8,
  Nxu, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration
  Statement") to register an additional 48,015,188 shares of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
  ("Common Stock"), for issuance under the Nxu, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated on August 14, 2024
  upon approval of the Company's stockholders (as amended and restated, the "Plan"). Such shares of Common Stock are in
  addition to the 2,333,333 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split, as defined below) issuable pursuant to the
  Plan registered on the Company's registration statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-272020) (the "2023 Form S-8") filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 17, 2023, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein,
  except that the provisions contained in Part II of the 2023 Form S-8 are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.
  On December 26, 2023, the Company effected a 1-for-150
  reverse stock split of shares of Common Stock (the "Reverse Stock Split"). As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every 150
  shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after the close of trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on December 26, 2023 were
  combined and converted into one share of Common Stock. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan were also adjusted
  proportionately as a result of the Reverse Stock Split.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The Company is incorporating by reference into
  this Registration Statement the filings listed below and any additional documents that the Company 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 Company 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:
  ●
  The Company's Annual Report on
  Form 10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with
  the SEC on April 1, 2024, as amended by the Company's Amendment No. 1 on
  Form 10-K/A
  filed with the SEC on May 1, 2024;
  ●
  The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2024, June
  30, 2024 and September 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on
  May 10, 2024
  ,
  August 6, 2024
  and
  November 13, 2024
  , respectively;
  ●
  The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
  January 12, 2024
  ,
  February 14, 2024
  ,
  April 5, 2024
  ,
  April 19, 2024
  ,
  May 10, 2024
  (Item 2.05 only),
  July 24, 2024
  ,
  August 16, 2024
  ,
  September 6, 2024
  , and
  October 24, 2024
  (Items 1.01, 5.02 and 8.01 and corresponding exhibits under Item 9.01 only); and
  ●
  The description of the Common Stock, which is contained in the Company's registration statement
  on
  Form 8-A12B
  (File No. 001-41702) filed with the SEC on May 12, 2023, which incorporates the description of the Common Stock contained
  in the prospectus that is part of the Company'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.
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  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024)
  4.2
  Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, dated December 26, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 27, 2023)
  4.3
  Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, dated August 16, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 16, 2024)
  4.4
  Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, dated December 22, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 27, 2023)
  4.5
  Certificate of Designations of Series B Preferred Stock of the Company, dated August 16, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on November 12, 2024)
  4.6
  Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Company's Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024)
  4.7
  Amendment No. 1 to the Bylaws of Nxu, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 24, 2024)
  4.8
  Form of Senior Secured Original Issue 10% Discount Convertible Promissory Note (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022)
  4.9
  Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022)
  4.10
  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)
  4.11
  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)
  4.12
  Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)
  4.13
  Form of Pre-Funded Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on October 10, 2023)
  4.14
  Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on August 4, 2023).
  4.15
  Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 10, 2023)
  4.16
  Form of Pre-Funded Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 10, 2023)
  4.17
  Registration Rights Agreement, by and between the Company and the selling stockholder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 27, 2023)
  5.1
  Opinion of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (filed herewith)
  23.1
  Consent of Prager Metis CPAs LLC (filed herewith)
  23.2
  Consent of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)
  99.1
  Nxu, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 16, 2024)
  107
  Filing Fee Table (filed herewith)
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  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 December 18, 2024.
  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
  Chief
      Executive Officer and Chair of the Board
  December
      18, 2024
  Mark
      Hanchett
  (Principal
      Executive Officer)
  /s/
      Sarah Wyant
  Chief
      Financial Officer
  December
      18, 2024
  Sarah
      Wyant
  (Principal
      Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
  /s/
      Annie Pratt
  President
      and Director
  December
      18, 2024
  Annie
      Pratt
  /s/
      Britt Ide
  Director
  December
      18, 2024
  Britt
      Ide
  /s/
      Jessica Billingsley
  Director
  December
      18, 2024
  Jessica
      Billingsley
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