---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-020183"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QS"
cik: "0001811414"
company_name: "QuantumScape Corp"
filed_at: "2022-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T00:54:57.602421+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QuantumScape Q3 net loss $117.7M; advances A-sample campaign, consumer cell shipments

## Summary
- Net loss attributable to common stockholders of $117.7M in Q3 (vs $15.4M gain in prior year, largely from warrant revaluation).
- Cash OPEX $79.1M; FY22 guidance reaffirmed: cash OPEX $225-275M, capex expected at low end of $175-225M.
- A-sample campaign kicked off; 24-layer cell design parameters frozen; contaminant dramatically reduced.
- Shipped zero externally applied pressure single-layer cells to consumer electronics customers; sister cells exceeding 500 cycles.
- Signed letter with Volkswagen removing site selection time constraint for joint venture; expects >$1B liquidity entering 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-020183
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QS
- cik: 0001811414
- company_name: QuantumScape Corp
- filed_at: 2022-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000095017022020183/0000950170-22-020183-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000095017022020183/qs-20221026.htm

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