QuantumScape Stock Doubles Over Past Month

<p><span class&equals;"bw-dateline-wrapper"><strong>SAN JOSE<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; <&sol;span>QuantumScape&comma; a company developing next-generation solid-state lithium-metal battery technology&comma; recently announced a major milestone in the scale-up of its production capabilities&colon; the successful integration of its advanced <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fyoutu&period;be&percnt;2FoJgoe&lowbar;CHTKM&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54281769&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20250624801952&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;Cobra&plus;separator&plus;process&amp&semi;index&equals;2&amp&semi;md5&equals;81007103950141134d8b7020fa8678e8" rel&equals;"nofollow" shape&equals;"rect">Cobra separator process<&sol;a> into baseline cell production&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shares in QuantumScape stock have more than doubled in the past month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cobra forms the foundation of QS’s high-throughput&comma; continuous-flow separator production platform&period; Designed to enable faster&comma; more energy-efficient production with a smaller equipment footprint compared to earlier processes&comma; Cobra represents a step-change improvement in ceramic separator manufacturing&period; Compared to the prior-generation Raptor process&comma; Cobra offers a ~25x improvement in heat treatment speed and occupies a fraction of the physical space per film start – key advantages in the design of a scalable gigafactory production line&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our team has made impressive strides in advancing Cobra&comma; a technology that exemplifies our progress in scaling solid-state battery production&comma;” said Dr&period; Siva Sivaram&comma; QS CEO&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;By significantly improving throughput and shrinking the equipment footprint&comma; Cobra gives us a powerful path forward for commercializing our next-generation battery technology&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Cobra is a step-change innovation in ceramic processing&comma; enabling a major improvement in productivity compared to Raptor — which was already a considerable advancement compared to the previous generation&comma;” said Tim Holme&comma; QS co-founder and CTO&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This advancement is central to bringing our high-performance solid-state battery platform to market at gigawatt scale&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Cobra platform replaces the company’s Raptor process&comma; which was used for B0 cell production and delivered important gains in separator quality and process stability&period; With Cobra in place as the new baseline&comma; QS will continue to improve its production speed&comma; efficiency and scalability&comma; laying the groundwork for higher-volume B1 sample production&period; These production metrics are expected to further improve as the company introduces future iterations of Cobra&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;