The battery start-up might reach its ambitions sooner than expected.In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe break down the latest investor update from QuantumScape (QS 0.19%), its huge progress on reaching commercial success with its solid-state battery, and whether investors should be buying shares at this stage.*Stock prices used were from the afternoon of May 10, 2024. The video was published on May 11, 2024. ...

The solid-state battery maker still faces formidable challenges.QuantumScape (QS 5.69%), a maker of solid-state batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), initially attracted a stampede of bulls when it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in November 2020. The combined company's stock opened at $24.80 and skyrocketed to its record high of $131.67 less than a month later.But today, QuantumScape's stock trades at about $5. The bulls retreated as the company struggled to commer ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 FORM 10-Q QUANTUMSCAPE CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | Delaware | 85-0796578 | | --- | --- | | (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | | 1730 Technology Drive | | | San Jose, CA | 95110 | | (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | | Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 452-2000 | | (Mark One) ☒ QUARTERLY ...

Investors are still waiting for a meaningful product advance from Quantumscape.Shares of QuantumScape (QS -6.93%) closed lower today as the development-stage quantum-battery stock reported first-quarter results this morning. Investors seemed to want to see faster progress in the company's battery-cell development.As a result, QuantumScape stock closed the session down 6.9%. QuantumScape still needs timeQuantumScape still has no revenue, and its operating expenses increased modestly in the quarter from $110 ...

Investors in QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) have certainly had a rough go of it lately. Shares of QS stock are down more than 25% this year and considerably more from the company’s 2020/2021 peak. Today’s downside move of more than 8% appears to be driven by the company’s recent first-quarter earnings. The results missed the mark on earnings per share, with a loss of 24 cents per share reported, relative to expectations of only 21 cents of losses for the quarter.This earnings miss led analysts at TD Cowen to lower ...

With QuantumScape’s (NYSE:QS) recent first-quarter earnings report, the devil may be in the details. Earlier, UBS slashed its price target on QS stock to $5 from $9 after the company reported an earnings miss. However, an element of QuantumScape’s core product may have spooked investors.At first glance, the red ink in QS stock appears to be a straightforward matter. On Wednesday, the company — which specializes in solid-state battery (SSB) technology for electric vehicles — reported a loss per share of 24 c ...

QuantumScape Corporation. (NYSE:QS) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call April 24, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants John Saager - Vice President of Capital Markets and FP&A Siva Sivaram - CEO Kevin Hettrich - CFO Conference Call Participants Jordan Levy - Truist Securities Operator Good day and welcome to QuantumScape's First Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. John Saager, QuantumScape's Vice President of Capital Markets and FP&A, you may begin your conference. John Saager Thank you, operator. Good afte ...

Exhibit 99.1 Q1 Fiscal 2024 Letter To Shareholders April 24, 2024 At the beginning of this year, we laid out four key goals for 2024 to help shareholders follow our progress as we move from prototype to product: begin shipment of Alpha-2 prototype battery cells, ramp our Raptor fast separator production process, begin low-volume B0 prototype production of our first commercial product, QSE-5, and prepare our Cobra process to support higher volumes of QSE-5 in 2025. We announced on March 27 that we started sh ...

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is preparing to lay off over 10% of its staff. Ford (NYSE:F) is slashing the prices on some EVs by as much as $5,500. This is a tough time to invest in EV-associated companies. With an imminent event adding an extra element of risk for QuantumScape (NYSE:QS), you don’t need to buy QuantumScape stock right now.I understand the appeal of a “forever battery” for EVs. Yet, as the company’s investors have found out the hard way, there’s a disconnect between concept and reality with QuantumSca ...

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) stock price has retreated sharply this year, joining other companies in the EV industry that have plunged this year. As I predicted in my last article, it has dropped to its November 2023 lows and some analysts believe it has more downside to go.Are you looking for signals & alerts from pro-traders? Sign-up to Invezz Signals™ for FREE. Takes 2 mins.QuantumScape has made a lot of progressCopy link to sectionQauntumScape’s shares have crashed by almost 20% this year and by 60% from its ...