QuantumScape Corp
QuantumScape Corporation (Nasdaq: QS) is a developer of next-generation solid-state lithium-metal battery technology designed for electric vehicles and other applications. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, where it operates research and development facilities and a battery cell pilot production… From the company’s description.
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What QuantumScape Corp does
In the company’s own words
QuantumScape Corporation (Nasdaq: QS) is a developer of next-generation solid-state lithium-metal battery technology designed for electric vehicles and other applications. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, where it operates research and development facilities and a battery cell pilot production line. QuantumScape's website is www.quantumscape.com.
Founded in 2010, QuantumScape has spent over a decade developing proprietary solid-state battery technology intended to address fundamental limitations of conventional lithium-ion batteries. The company's core innovation is a ceramic solid-state electrolyte-separator that enables lithium-metal anodes while suppressing dendrite formation at automotive power densities. This technology is designed to deliver greater energy density, faster charging capability, enhanced safety, and improved cycle life compared to traditional lithium-ion batteries.
The company's first planned commercial product is the QSE-5, a approximately five amp-hour solid-state lithium-metal battery cell with measured performance exceeding 800 Wh/L volumetric energy density and capable of charging from ten to eighty percent capacity in approximately fifteen minutes. In 2024, QuantumScape began producing low volumes of B-sample cells for automotive customer testing. In 2025, the company demonstrated its technology powering a Ducati electric motorcycle at an industry event.
QuantumScape maintains a strategic partnership with Volkswagen Group, which has invested approximately $380 million in the company since 2012. In July 2024, QuantumScape entered into a collaboration agreement with PowerCo SE, a battery cell company wholly owned by Volkswagen, with the goal of industrializing QSE-5 technology. Under an amended agreement in July 2025, PowerCo committed to contributing up to $130.7 million over two years for development and initial commercialization activities at QuantumScape's pilot production facility.
The company has signed customer sampling, technology evaluation, and joint development agreements with multiple automotive original equipment manufacturers ranging from leading global manufacturers to premium and luxury carmakers. QuantumScape owns or exclusively licenses more than 400 U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications covering material compositions, manufacturing processes, and cell design specific to solid-state lithium-metal batteries.
Company details
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Electronic Equipment
- Headquarters
- SAN JOSE, CA
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 1811414
- SIC
- 3690
Financial performance, year by year
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Who owns QuantumScape Corp — and what changed
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