QuantumScape Corporation (QS)

[pauly3]

President Biden hosting an international climate change summit today involving 40 countries!!!!!!!!

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[mick]

$29 MAJOR SUPPORT thank you for replying $QS

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[TEFFY]

I CAN ONLY HOPE QS POPS FER MANY DAYSSSSSSSSSS IN A ROW SOMEDAY ,I'M STUCK IN HERE MUCH MUCH HIGHER ,THIS IS IN MY 401K AND WILL STAY THERE FER YEARS.

I DO BELIEVE ONCE THE EV MARKET GETS BIGGER , SO WILL QuantumScape

[mick]

TRUE, $QS QuantumScape CEO considers legal action after short seller report

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3682775-quantumscape-ceo-considers-legal-action-after-short-seller-report?utm_source=advfn.com&utm_medium=referral

Apr. 18, 2021 3:21 PM ETQuantumScape Corporation (QS)By: Josh Fineman, SA News Editor43 Comments
QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) CEO Jagdeep Singh said the battery maker
is considering legal action after Scorpion Capital released a short report last week.

QuantumScape shares have fallen 13% since the report was published.

"Some of the points in there are just, just absurd. Absurd to the point where there are...
things that we would want to take o legal action on,”

Singh said in an interview om CNBC's “Mad Money” show late Friday.

QuantumScape said last week in a Twitter post that QS "stands by its data, which speaks for itself.

We have provided higher transparency than any other solid-state
battery effort we are aware of,
with details on current density,
temp,
cycle life,
cathode thickness,
depth of discharge, cell area, pressure."

On Friday, Cowen analyst Gabe Daoud said the QuantumScape short call "regurgitates" risks already disclosed.

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[mick]

Quantumscape Corp (QS)
31.79 ? -3.73 (-10.50%)
Volume: 21,479,304 @04/19/21 4:59:43 PM EDT
Bid Ask Day's Range
- - 31.05 - 35.51
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[TEFFY]

Talk about manipulation ,it's ugly here , this to me is a long term hold while waiting fer the EV market.

[WeTheMarket]

QuantumScape CEO considers legal action after short seller report, Apr. 18, 2021, By: Josh Fineman
- QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) CEO Jagdeep Singh said the battery maker is considering legal action after Scorpion Capital released a short report last week. QuantumScape shares have fallen 13% since the report was published.
- “Some of the points in there are just, just absurd. Absurd to the point where there are... things that we would want to take o legal action on,” Singh said in an interview om CNBC's “Mad Money” show late Friday.
- QuantumScape said last week in a Twitter post that QS "stands by its data, which speaks for itself. We have provided higher transparency than any other solid-state battery effort we are aware of, with details on current density, temp, cycle life, cathode thickness, depth of discharge, cell area, pressure."
- On Friday, Cowen analyst Gabe Daoud said the QuantumScape short call "regurgitates" risks already disclosed.

Link: https://seekingalpha.com/news/3682775-quantumscape-ceo-considers-legal-action-after-short-seller-report?utm_source=advfn.com&utm_medium=referral

[mick]

Quantumscape Corp (QS)
35.0 ? -0.85 (-2.37%)
Volume: 23,427,572 @04/16/21 7:59:58 PM EDT
Bid Ask Day's Range
- - 34.55 - 37.71
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[stargazer123]

That says it all: Fake short report.

"The short report claims ( from memory ) that VW had access to little more than slides featuring QS's batteries .
VW stated with the recent $100m investment

Quote:
"We are pleased to report that the QuantumScape cells met the technical milestones in our labs in Germany that we had previously agreed upon," said Frank Blome, head of the Volkswagen Group’s Center of Excellence Battery Cell."

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[mike_usa]

Thank you whalatane.

[Norton1973]

I am not saying anything, but my Uncle got into QS early. When it hit over $100+, I advised him to take profits, he did. I am no expert, but have been involved in battery advance/technology for years. IMO

[Whalatane]

The short report claims ( from memory ) that VW had access to little more than slides featuring QS's batteries .
VW stated with the recent $100m investment

"We are pleased to report that the QuantumScape cells met the technical milestones in our labs in Germany that we had previously agreed upon," said Frank Blome, head of the Volkswagen Group’s Center of Excellence Battery Cell.

Kiwi

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[Whalatane]

My take on the short report
1) It’s late ... would have been far more effective when stock was over $100

2) it’s timed to take advantage of the lock up expiring April 24th when the author expects insiders to dump their shares

3) It’s accuses the company of fraud relying largely on heresy from unidentified former employees

4) it fails to adequately explain why VW would still invest $100 m recently in the Co

QS is obviously a very risky stock to be in
I added near this mornings low .... not suggesting others do or don’t do likewise

Kiwi

[WeTheMarket]

QuantumScape falls after new short report from Scorpion Capital
Apr. 15, 2021 8:52 AM ETQuantumScape Corporation (QS)By: Josh Fineman, SA
- QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) dropped 8.2% in premarket trading after a new short report from Scorpion Capital on the EV battery maker.
- Scorpion claims that its research indicated that the the company is "no different than other recently exposed SPAC promotions and EV frauds."
- Scorpion alleges that many of the claims the company has made such as fast charging to 80% in under 15 minutes are false.
- The QuantumScape short was also revealed on Muddy Waters zerOes.tv.
- QuantumScape didn't immediately respond to Seeking Alpha request for comment.
- QS short interest 11.5% of float.
- On March 31, QuantumScape rallied after Volkswagen (OTCPK:VWAGY) approved a second $100M investment.
- Earlier this week, Morgan Stanley said QuantumScape stock should be viewed as potential EV winner on solid state edge.
Link: https://seekingalpha.com/news/3682114-quantumscape-falls-after-new-short-report-from-scorpion-capital?utm_source=advfn.com&utm_medium=referral

[ratler3311]

Sorry Wrong Board. It's Late.

[ratler3311]

Sorry Wrong Board

[ratler3311]

Where are the cheerleaders on this board?

No posts since 4/1/21?

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[Whalatane]

https://ir.quantumscape.com/news/news-details/2021/QuantumScape-Meets-Volkswagen-Technical-Milestone-Clearing-Way-for-100M-Investment/default.aspx
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Kiwi

[somesilk]

looks like there are few people with sour grapes their mission is to fear the new bees with - ve info. ss EV battery is in dev stage all over the globe, qs is way ahead then other ss battery developers + they have agreement and backing from one of the world's leading auto makers, development will take time for now Patience is reqd, do not sell when you see a sudden price drop instead start buying more, this stock is way ahead in the EV space it will never go out of progressive development.
VW is so huge that they will need multiple suppliers of batteries so if they make agreements with several other battery developers that doesn't mean they hv discounted any previous ones.

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[Whalatane]

Why the sell off from $64 besides the capital raise ?
1) Co does not have a product on the market so is viewed as a " long duration " investment ...ie payoff is years down the road and many things can change in the meantime .
2) Growing awareness that VW and TSLA are moving to using -iron-phospahate in cathodes ...vs the nickel , cobalt , manganese used in QS's cathodes .
TSLA is installing these types of batteries already in their Chinese Model 3's .
They are not as efficient as batteries using a lot of cobalt and nickel ....but are 47% less expensive and the battery pack is a signifiant part of the cost of the car.

If this trend continues QS's batteries will be limited to high performance cars ....as opposed to widespread adoption.

Above is based on my limited understanding of battery technology .

I'm still long QS but I'm recognizing its a very competitive field and there are significant issues with the supply and cost of cobalt and nickel for large scale production of QS's batteries

Kiwi

[esi23]

So what’s your opinion on the sell off from 64 besides the capital raise ?

[Whalatane]

Oh I agree that the technology is game changing ....but the cobalt / nickel supply problems may limit the potential size of the end market .
Based on the latest VW info ...see previous post ...its unlikely they will use QS batteries ( once fully developed ) in all their cars .
Instead they may limit QS solid state type batteries to their high end performance cars which represent only 20% of the cars they sell.
JMO
Kiwi

[esi23]

Makes sense. I’m still long here. Broke the 200 SMA which isn’t good but will add. I believe this technology is game changing

[Whalatane]

I think todays meltdown was more related to this news / viewpoint

Volkswagen wants to de-risk its battery inputs by minimising usage of cobalt and nickel.
Both are high-priced, volatile markets with supply-chain problems, a dependence on the Democratic Republic of Congo in the case of cobalt and too little battery-grade material in the case of nickel.

QS batteries use nickel, manganese and cobalt in their cathodes ( +ve terminal )

Kiwi

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[esi23]

Taking a beating the last few days must be the 16 million shares that have scared some people off

[Whalatane]

JMO but the market may be taking the following article as a -ve for QS .
VW is moving away from batteries using nickel and cobalt for some of its models. QS uses nickel and cobalt in its batteries


COLUMN- Volkswagen powers up for the electric vehicle revolution: Andy Home
BY Reuters
— 12:19 PM ET 03/24/2021
(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)
* VW's EV battery mix: https://tmsnrt.rs/2Pp4V0G
By Andy Home
LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess is no Elon Musk but the German carmaker is following a path already traveled by Tesla as it gears up for the mass rollout of electric vehicles (EV).
Even last week's "Power Day", a two-hour streaming event at which Diess explained the company's EV strategy, seemed a conscious nod to Tesla's "Battery Day" last September.
Like Tesla, Volkswagen has decided to take control of its own battery destiny by constructing six European gigafactories with collective annual capacity of 240 gigawatt hours (GWh) over the next decade. The announcement sent its shares into a Tesla-style frenzy.
Batteries are, quite literally, the driver of the e-mobility revolution and Volkswagen has clear ideas about what it wants and at what price as it prepares to transition from the internal combustion engine (ICE).
Its roadmap has major implications for battery metals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese.
DRIVING DOWN THE PRICE
Core to Volkswagen's EV strategy is the need to bring EV prices down to parity with conventional ICE vehicles and to accelerate charging times.
Part of this challenge will be met by using a unified prismatic cell across 80% of the group's models. The balance 20%, designated "specific solutions", will use bespoke battery design for high-end brands such as Audi and Porsche, where performance not price counts.
Even more significant in driving down costs will be the battery chemistries deployed within that standardised cell.
Volkswagen wants to cut by half the price of a low-end "entry-level" car and to do so it will use lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) cathodes.
A couple of years ago this relatively dated battery chemistry seemed set to be superseded by more energy-efficient combinations but significant technical improvements have seen a resurgence in LFP usage, led again by Tesla, which has been installing it in its Chinese Model 3 sedans.
Volkswagen will do the same for the same reason.
LFP batteries don't use scarce and high-priced nickel or cobalt but rather plentiful and cheap iron and phosphate. With raw materials now accounting for the largest part of a battery's cost, switching metallic cathode inputs is the single most powerful cost lever.
IN THE BATTERY MIX
And one that Volkswagen also intends to pull for its mass-market, mid-level range of vehicles with an ambition to move to high-manganese (HM) batteries.
This would represent a significant shift from the nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) chemistry that has become the cathode of choice for any EV that needs a bit more performance oomph.
But high-manganese batteries also use no cobalt and a lot less nickel and a chemistry such as lithium-nickel-manganese-oxide (LNMO) reduces by 47% the cathode costs per kilowatt-hour relative to NCM batteries with high nickel ratios, according to analysts at Roskill. ("VW Power Day", March 2021).
"High-manganese cathodes are considered one of the strongest candidates for the next generation of lithium-ion batteries because of their cost advantage, cobalt-free nature, and strong electrochemical performance," Roskill says.
But they're not commercially viable yet. Nor are the solid-state lithium batteries with a 12-minute charging time Volkswagen is targeting as its chemical end-game through its investment in QuantumScape ( QS
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In the interim, some form of NCM will be used, as it will be for the higher-end marques with prestige pricing levels.
But the direction of travel is clear. Volkswagen wants to de-risk its battery inputs by minimising usage of cobalt and nickel.
Both are high-priced, volatile markets with supply-chain problems, a dependence on the Democratic Republic of Congo in the case of cobalt and too little battery-grade material in the case of nickel.
Roskill estimates Volkswagen's group usage of nickel and cobalt surged by 1,198% and 816% to 7,047 tonnes and 1,868 tonnes respectively between 2018 and 2020.
Extrapolate that usage growth forwards as Volkswagen powers up its EV offering and you can start to see why the company is setting its store on a high-manganese battery solution.
However, the overriding message is that no single battery technology is going to dominate the EV space. Volkswagen, like Tesla, is going to deploy different chemistries for different vehicles depending on price.
TAKING CONTROL?
Volkswagen's vision is to "take control of its own battery supply", according to Simon Moores, managing director of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, speaking on the company's streamed analysis of the automotive giant's EV plans.
Volkswagen's ambitious plan to build six European gigafactories by 2030 sets the company up to be a major battery player in its own right, the incumbent auto giant becoming battery disruptor.
For now, Volkswagen's massive investment in EVs - 35 billion euros ($41.7 billion) by 2025 - is centred on cell technology and further downstream in the form of charging infrastructure and recycling of spent batteries.
The company, notes Roskill, is "parking its capital in segments closest to its current manufacturing business model and where it feels it can contribute the most value."
Tesla has passed this stage and is moving further upstream, extending its reach into cathode raw materials sectors.
The company is poised to get involved in lithium hydroxide production based on an ore supply deal with Australian miner Piedmont Lithium.
It has a "technical and industrial partnership" with the new owners of Vale's New Caledonian nickel operations.
Elon Musk has reached the conclusion that battery capacity does not ensure supply-chain security if raw material markets are heading into periods of supply scarcity.
Volkswagen didn't say much at all about its upstream metals requirements, particularly lithium, which is core to whatever battery chemistry is deployed.
The lithium supply chain is audibly creaking at the moment as producers switch from cost-cutting to expansion mode, a collective turnaround not helped by notoriously long lead times in commissioning processing plants to battery-quality standards.
Battery makers, and of course Tesla, have already been carving out future supply deals with lithium producers. An already competitive market landscape looks a lot more congested with Volkswagen powering up battery capacity.
At the moment Volkswagen seems to be placing its faith in the potential for partnership with raw materials producers. Tesla has decided faith is not enough.
There's a strong prospect, as Benchmark Minerals' Moores pointed out, that carmakers' battery and power days will be followed by metals and minerals days.

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Kiwi

[Whalatane]

From Barons re cash raise ( part of article )

The company plans to issue up to about 15 million shares, including the option typically granted to underwriters to sell a little more stock if demand is high. That would amount to more than $950 million based on Monday's closing price, effectively doubling the company's cash balance.
The deal looks like a sound strategic move, but one that will leave investors wondering what the timing means for the value of their position. It will be a reminder to investors that young high-growth companies often need external financing. They don't generate enough cash flow on their own yet.
QuantumScape ( QS ) has about 448 million shares outstanding, including warrants that are likely to be converted. The 15 million more shares represents about 3% of the total shares outstanding.

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I'm buying this 12 %+ drop ....not advising anyone else to do like wise . Its a long term hold.
I think QS's battery technology is superior to that being developed by competitors ( as best as I can understand it vs Samsungs, Toyota's and Tesla's approach ) ....and that QS with push their progress as fast and as hard as they can ...including scaling up their test battery production

Kiwi

[Whalatane]

JL. thx for the follow up .
My wife and I are fully vaccinated and were planning a vaccine -cation some where and thinking other were also .
Sorry to hear you have Covid but glad to hear you seem to be doing OK .
Do you have a pulse Oximeter ?
Hopefully Vascepa is helping you .
I'm sure you're aware that Kaiser is running a large trial to see if Vascepa reduces Covid hospitalization and mortality. Interim results should be out late April .

Re QS I'm not bothered by the capital raise ...its roughly 7%-8% dilution. If memory serves ...they never initially planned much of a battery plant near San Jose ...except a small scale test site . This raise ( from a quick look ) is to double the size of a recently planned ( larger than initial test plant ) production facility .
I take it as a sign they are full speed ahead and doing everything they can to get these batteries developed and into test vehicles as soon as possible...and onto the market as fast as possible .

Thx for the update and hoping you recover quickly from Covid

Kiwi

[pauly3]

WTF happened to all the money QS has after the spac deal? Why do they need a public offering right now. Seems strange

[jessellivermore]

Kiwi....

Sorry I have pretty much avoided this board..and spent more time on BNGO and Exro-f....Simply because I was familiar with them...But I do agree EV battery technology is very important....

Regarding Vacine/vacation...Well a week ago I tested positive for Cov- 19...( My doctor hooked me up with some kind of Vacination outfit on the net...and they never bothered getting me an appointment...I am currently doing fine, normal temp...no shortness of breath...am quarantining...till next Tues...and am told I can not get a vaccine for the next two and one half months..

I normally stay at Bellagio...but its right next to Caesar's so no problem.

":>) JL

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[Whalatane]

From VW today ...re EV plans

Eventually it eyes solid-state battery cells by the middle of the decade. In the meantime, VW unveiled a cell that helps bridge the gap. "The new prismatic unified cell also offers the best conditions for the transition to the solid state cell — the next quantum leap in battery technology ... ."

The prismatic unified cell will launch in 2023 and could slash battery costs in half, Volkswagen said.

Solid-state batteries could transform electric cars with fast recharging times, lower costs and increased battery life, thereby removing obstacles that have held back the mass adoption of electric vehicles.

Volkswagen has partnered with solid-state battery maker QuantumScape (QS) for nearly a decade. In 2018, the companies set up a joint venture to make solid-state batteries and VW now owns a stake in the California-based company.

QuantumScape appeared to achieve a major breakthrough in developing solid-state lithium metal batteries. The batteries promise to be safer and cheaper, have a longer life span, charge faster and have more energy density than existing lithium ion batteries.

On Feb. 16, the company revealed it can produce multilayered battery cells. Its four-layer battery is still short of the 12 or so needed to be commercially viable. But the company is confident enough in its ability to make progress that it decided to build a "pre-pilot" production facility to make "enough batteries for hundreds of long-range battery electric test vehicles per year" by 2023.

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Kiwi

[Whalatane]

Hi North ...what the driving range and charge time on the Audi .
Are there fast chargers at your condo ?
My wife is about to get a Tesla 3 ....mainly for work commute . She can charge it very cheaply at the hospital she works at . Other than that she has some " range anxiety " re how far she'll travel with it .
She will save roughly $2k a year ..estimated gas costs minus battery charge cost ( at work ) going Tesla instead of Lexus ( similar priced car )

If QS can deliver on a battery that can do a 15 min fast charge ......and charging stations are as common as gas stations ...its a total game changer .

Kiwi

[north40000]

Saw the electric AUDI today.

[Whalatane]

UBS UBS analysts said in a call with members of the media on Tuesday that they predict that, within the next few years, Tesla and Volkswagen will be the two global leaders in electric-vehicle sales.
The analysts expect that Volkswagen will catch up with Tesla in terms of total volume of cars sold as soon as next year, when the two companies could each deliver around 1.2 million cars.

VW has invested $ 300m in QS , committed $ to build a pilot factory and has right to buy first batteries produced ...hopefully before 2025 .
QS retains the right to eventually sell their batteries to all EV car co's

Kiwi

[Whalatane]

Hi JL ...glad U found your way ( with your MIT and car background ) to QS .
The following kind of encapsulates my view

Electric vehicle battery start-up QuantumScape can get its lithium metal solid-state batteries to 80% full in 15 minutes without compromising battery life or safety.

That's big. If QuantumScape's (ticker: QS) technology scales up, it means a typical EV with some charge left -- and with 200 or 300 miles of designed per charge range -- could pick up about 200 miles of driving range in under 15 minutes. That should be fast enough to alleviate much of the range anxiety consumers sometimes feel when thinking about purchasing a battery powered car.

My wife is in the process of buying a Tesla and "range anxiety and time to charge 80% full " are major considerations ...for anyone buying an EV .
QS's solid state batteries should solve this issue ...faster charge time , safer and cheaper than any EV battery out there....and makes EV's charge time close to the time you now spend filling your tank at the gas station.

But its years before they will be selling these in any volume so its difficult to decide what price to pay for the stock now.
I simply buy it now when its trashed and everyones lost interest ( as evidenced by how few post here about the Co now ).
I think the guys running this Co are very smart , have JB Straubel ( co founder of Tesla ) on the board , are well financed and will execute on their plan ...probably ahead of schedule.
I think the lock up on some shares expires around May ..so expect some volatility then .
QS is a long term hold for me

Shorter term I'm more interested in "vac -cation plays "......ie what folks do once they are vaccinated and feel they can take a vacation to celebrate . You enjoyed gambling I recall and spent time in Las Vegas .
Are you fully vaccinated now and would you feel OK staying at Caesars ?
I have a small position in Caesars and other "reopening " plays as more get vaccinated and the Covid checks roll out ...especially for retired folks . Caesars etc in Vegas seemed an obvious Covid vaccination / Covid $ vacation destination .....would be interested in your thoughts if you cared to share.

Kiwi

[jessellivermore]

Kiwi...

Looks like the tech stock turkey shoot will end today. This should be the hypo that gets QS off the mat...I am looking for another rocket shot up on this issue which has paid the price along with so many other great innovative issues..

Buying today...

Good luck its up we should go from here..

":>) JL

[Whalatane]

Bought at $38.7 ...long term hold
Kiwi

[Street Smart]

This is starting an upward trend

[Whalatane]

CEO of Bill Gates-backed EV battery startup expects major breakthrough in 2021
Brian Sozzi
Brian Sozzi·Editor-at-Large
Thu, February 25, 2021, 9:18 AM

QuantumScape (QS) founder and CEO Jagdeep Singh expects some electrified developments later this year from his battery startup.

"Later this year, we hope to have an eight- to 10-layer cell and then we'll deliver sample cells," Singh told Yahoo Finance Live on Thursday.

It was just last week that QuantumScape — which is trying to pioneer solid-state lithium batteries for electric vehicles — said it could produce multilayer battery cells. The news was seen as a key technical breakthrough for QuantumScape, which needs to develop a lithium battery with at least a dozen or so layers to make them commercially viable. QuantumScape's stock soared following the announcement.

"The eight- to 10-layer cell will happen by year end. We don't want to set expectations too high," Singh said. "We have been fortunate so far that the goals we have set, we have been able to meet. The single layer cell announcement, this multilayer announcement, is ahead of what anybody was expecting. The eight- to 10-layer cell we are targeting by year end. If we make that year end milestone, we are on track to delivering cells to customers in 2022."

Kiwi

[mick]

Quantumscape Corp (QS)
62.84 ? -1.16 (-1.81%)
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