QuantumScape Reveals New Production Line

<p><strong>SAN JOSE<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; <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;2Fwww&period;quantumscape&period;com&percnt;2F&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54415459&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20260204999555&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;QuantumScape&plus;Corporation&amp&semi;index&equals;1&amp&semi;md5&equals;68e184f2bbce78981019f0cfcb874cb6" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">QuantumScape Corporation<&sol;a>&comma; a developer of next-generation solid-state lithium-metal battery technology&comma; celebrated the inauguration of its newly installed Eagle Line at its facility in San Jose last week&period; The event was attended by automotive OEM customers&comma; QS ecosystem partners and government officials&comma; and included a showcase tour of the Eagle Line&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Eagle Line is a suite of equipment&comma; materials and highly automated processes&comma; forming the blueprint for production of QS technology&period; It incorporates QS’s groundbreaking Cobra process&comma; a unique and highly scalable method for producing the proprietary QS separator&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Upon ramp-up&comma; the Eagle Line will produce QS battery cells to support customer sampling and testing&comma; technology demonstrations&comma; and product integration efforts&period; It is also intended to demonstrate scalable production of QS technology to enable licensing partners to manufacture at gigawatt-hour scale in their own facilities&period; In addition&comma; the Eagle Line will serve as a platform to develop and test further technology and process improvements at meaningful scale&comma; enabling QS’s advanced development efforts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re proud to show the Eagle Line to the world for the first time&comma;” said Dr&period; Siva Sivaram&comma; president and CEO of QS&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Eagle Line is a powerful platform to demonstrate scalable production of our solid-state technology and serve customer demand for better batteries&period; This is the next major step in the commercialization of our technology&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Eagle Line is a real technical achievement on the part of our team&comma;” said Dr&period; Luca Fasoli&comma; COO of QS&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;After deploying the Cobra process&comma; we rapidly moved to scale up our cell build process to increase output&comma; scalability&comma; automation and quality&period; I’m proud of the intense effort that went into making the Eagle Line a reality&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;