---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-002901"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QS"
cik: "0001811414"
company_name: "QuantumScape Corp"
filed_at: "2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T11:53:31.873457+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QuantumScape reports Q4 loss of $109M; ships 24-layer A0 prototypes, extends cash runway to H2 2025

## Summary
- Net loss attributable to common stockholders of $109M in Q4 2022 and $412M for FY2022; no revenue reported.
- Shipped first 24-layer A0 prototype cells to multiple automakers in December 2022; initial tests show good fast charge and capacity retention.
- Separator production run rate of ~5,000 starts per week; new fast separator process expected to triple throughput.
- FY2023 guidance: capex $100–$150M, cash operating expenses $225–$275M; cash runway now extends into H2 2025.
- Zero-pressure single-layer pouch cells surpassed 800 cycles; consumer electronics sampling underway.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-002901
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QS
- cik: 0001811414
- company_name: QuantumScape Corp
- filed_at: 2023-02-15T23:59:59+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/1811414/000095017023002901/0000950170-23-002901-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000095017023002901/qs-20230215.htm

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