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accession: "0000950170-24-086066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QS"
cik: "0001811414"
company_name: "QuantumScape Corp"
filed_at: "2024-07-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T17:04:18.032735+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QuantumScape reaches licensing deal with PowerCo; cash runway extends into 2028

## Summary
- Non-exclusive licensing deal with PowerCo (Volkswagen) includes $130M prepayment of royalties; initial 40 GWh/yr with option to 80 GWh.
- Q2 net loss $123M, adj. EBITDA loss $72.5M; liquidity $938M; FY2024 adj. EBITDA loss guidance $250-300M, capex at lower end of $70-120M.
- PowerCo deal extends cash runway by 18 months into 2028; avoids $134M JV spend; enables capital-light scaling.
- Raptor separator process on track for low-volume QSE-5 B-samples; Cobra equipment deliveries begun for higher-volume production in 2025.
- Prototype cells demonstrate thermal stability up to 300°C; conventional Li-ion cells burst into flames at 174-185°C.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-086066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QS
- cik: 0001811414
- company_name: QuantumScape Corp
- filed_at: 2024-07-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000095017024086066/0000950170-24-086066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000095017024086066/qs-20240724.htm

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