QuantumScape Q3 2025 Earnings Report

QuantumScape EPS Results

• Actual EPS: -$0.18
• Consensus EPS: -$0.18
• Beat/Miss: Met Expectations
• One Year Ago EPS: -$0.23

QuantumScape Revenue Results

• Actual Revenue: N/A
• Expected Revenue: N/A
• Beat/Miss: N/A
• YoY Revenue Growth: N/A

QuantumScape Announcement Details

• Quarter: Q3 2025
• Date: 10/22/2025
• Time: After Market Closes
• Conference Call Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
• Conference Call Time: 5:00PM ET

QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) is a development-stage company specializing in the research and commercialization of next-generation solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles. The company’s core technology replaces the traditional liquid electrolyte with a solid ceramic separator, aiming to deliver higher energy density, faster charging times and enhanced safety compared to conventional lithium-ion cells. QuantumScape’s product roadmap focuses on enabling electric vehicle manufacturers to extend driving range and reduce charging downtime, addressing key barriers to widespread EV adoption.

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Jose, California, QuantumScape has attracted significant strategic investment and formed partnerships with leading automotive OEMs. The company operates research and development facilities in California and has established pilot production lines in both the United States and Germany to refine its cell manufacturing processes. Over the past decade, QuantumScape has secured a portfolio of patents covering cell architecture, materials and manufacturing techniques essential to solid-state battery performance.

Under the leadership of co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jagdeep Singh, QuantumScape is advancing toward commercial production. The management team combines expertise in materials science, electrochemistry and large-scale manufacturing. As the company progresses through development milestones, it aims to supply solid-state cells to global automakers and battery integrators, with an initial focus on North America and Europe. QuantumScape’s long-term objective is to accelerate the transition to clean transportation by delivering battery technology that meets the performance and cost requirements of the automotive industry.

QuantumScape Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Key Takeaways

• Positive Sentiment: Public demonstration of the world's first live QS solid‑state lithium‑metal battery in the Ducati V21L at IAA Mobility, with field testing next to collect real‑world performance data.
• Positive Sentiment: Operational milestones met: the company began shipping COBRA‑based QSC5 B1 samples (used in the Ducati demo) and installation of higher‑volume equipment for the San Jose pilot "Eagle Line" remains on track.
• Positive Sentiment: Commercial and liquidity progress: QuantumScape reported $12.8M in customer billings for Q3, invoiced VW PowerCo under the upgraded deal, completed an ATM raising $263.5M, and ended the quarter with $1,000,000,000 in liquidity, extending runway to the end of 2029; the company will shift reporting emphasis to customer billings.
• Positive Sentiment: Partner ecosystem advancing: agreements with Corning and progression with Murata aim to scale COBRA ceramic separator manufacturing, supporting a capital‑light licensing and value‑sharing commercialization model.
• Negative Sentiment: Significant ongoing losses remain: Q3 GAAP operating expenses were $115M, GAAP net loss $105.8M, adjusted EBITDA loss $61.4M, and full‑year adjusted EBITDA loss guidance was revised to $245M–$260M.

Presentation

[Operator]

Good day and welcome to QuantumScape's third quarter 2025 earnings conference call. Dan Conway, QuantumScape's Principal Analyst, Investor Relations, you may begin your conference.

[Dan Conway, Principal Analyst and Investor Relations Officer at QuantumScape]

Thank you, operator. Good afternoon and thank you to everyone for joining QuantumScape's third quarter 2025 earnings call. To supplement today's discussion, please go to our IR website at ir.quantumscape.com to view our shareholder letter. Before we begin, I want to call your attention to the safe harbor provision for forward-looking statements that is posted on our website as part of our quarterly update. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events, future technology progress, or future financial or operating performance. Our expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize. Actual results and financial periods are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.

[Dan Conway, Principal Analyst and Investor Relations Officer at QuantumScape]

There are risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from the contents of our forward-looking statement for the reasons that we cite in our shareholder letter, Form 10-K, and other SEC filings, including uncertainties posed by the difficulty in predicting future outcomes. Joining us today will be QuantumScape's CEO, Dr. Siva Sivaram, and our CFO, Kevin Hettrich. With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Siva.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

Thank you, Dan. I'd like to begin with one of the highlights of the year. On September 8th, at IAA Mobility in Munich, Germany, we unveiled our launch program with the Volkswagen Group, the Ducati V21L race motorcycle, developed as a collaboration among Ducati, Audi, PowerCo, and QS. The Ducati V21L is a first-of-its-kind vehicle demonstration planned as a showcase for the exceptional performance of our no-compromise next-generation battery technology. As a launch program, the Ducati V21L is ideal. It is a low-volume but high-visibility demonstration that allows us to put the QSC5 technology into a demanding real-world application. The next step for the Ducati program is field testing. Turning to our annual goals, we are pleased to report that during Q3, we began shipping Cobra-based QSC5 B1 samples, completing another of our key annual goals for 2025.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

These cells are part of the Ducati launch program and were featured on stage at the IAA Mobility Conference. Our remaining operational goal for the year is to install higher-volume cell production equipment for our highly automated pilot line in San Jose, named the Eagle Line. Equipment for certain key assembly steps has already been installed on the Eagle Line, and this goal remains on track. Another important goal for 2025 has been to expand our commercial engagement, including deepening relationships with existing customers, engaging new customers, and bringing additional partners into our growing QS technology ecosystem. In Q3, we made substantial progress on all three aspects. With respect to existing customers, the successful launch event with Ducati, Audi, and PowerCo at IAA Mobility was a major milestone in our long collaboration with the Volkswagen Group.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

Last quarter, we also announced a new joint development agreement with an existing customer, and we are continuing to work closely with them as we progress through the first phase of the development and commercialization engagement. We are also in an active engagement with a new top 10 global automotive OEM in addition to our existing customers. With regard to QS ecosystem development, we continue to add world-class partners. On September 30th, we announced an agreement with Corning to jointly develop ceramic separator manufacturing capabilities based on our Cobra process. Corning is a global leader in advanced materials, and they bring deep expertise in ceramics processing and proven manufacturing excellence to the QS ecosystem. In parallel, we successfully completed the initial phase of our collaboration with Murata Manufacturing, have signed a subsequent contract, and progressed to the next phase of that relationship.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

Our goal is to make QS technology the clear choice by providing our customers with a turnkey ecosystem to serve the global demand for better batteries. With Murata and Corning, we have two of the most world-renowned technical ceramics manufacturers as ecosystem partners, and we will continue to grow our ecosystem further. With our achievements this quarter, our vision for commercialization of our next-generation battery technology is beginning to take shape. We are executing consistently towards our key annual goals, demonstrating our technology, engaging with partners, and building out our capital-light development and licensing business model. Everything starts with execution, and we are proud of our team's performance. This year, we have already accomplished two of our key operational goals, baselining our Cobra process and beginning shipment of the Cobra-based QSC5 cells, continuing our track record of consistent execution against our goals.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

Q3 also saw our first public technology demonstration with the Volkswagen Group, the Ducati V21L. We are expanding our collaboration with existing customers and adding new customers, and we have also expanded our global ecosystem of world-class partners. The third quarter also marks another exciting milestone. We are beginning to show returns from our capital-light development and licensing business model, driving over $12 million in customer billings in Q3. Our ambitious targets naturally present many challenges to overcome, and there is much work left to do. Our objective is clear: revolutionize energy storage, capitalize on our enormous market opportunity, and create exceptional value for our shareholders. With this aim in mind, we are excited to update shareholders on our continued progress over the months and years to come. With that, let me hand things over to Kevin for a word on our financial outlook.

[Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape]

Thank you, Siva. GAAP operating expenses and GAAP net loss in Q3 were $115 million and $105.8 million, respectively. Adjusted EBITDA loss was $61.4 million in Q3, in line with expectations. A table reconciling GAAP net loss and adjusted EBITDA is available in the financial statement at the end of our shareholder letter. We continue to drive operational efficiency consistent with our capital-light licensing focus. We revise and improve our full-year guidance for adjusted EBITDA loss to $245 million-$260 million. Capital expenditures in the third quarter were $9.6 million. Q3 CapEx primarily supported facilities and equipment purchases for the Eagle Line. As a result of efficiency gains and process improvements, including from the COBRA separator process, as well as a change in timing of certain equipment ordering, we revised the range of our full-year guidance for CapEx to $30 million-$40 million.

[Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape]

In Q3, we bolstered our balance sheet and completed our at-the-market equity program, raising $263.5 million of net proceeds in advance of the August 10 expiration of our shelf registration. We ended the quarter with $1.0 billion in liquidity. We now project our cash runway extends through the end of the decade, a 12-month extension from our previous guidance of into 2029. Going forward, we plan to move away from providing updates on cash runway and will begin providing updates on customer billings. Customer billings represent the total value of all invoices issued by QuantumScape to our customers and partners in the period, regardless of accounting treatment. Customer billings is a key operational metric meant to give insight into customer activity and future cash inflows. The metric is not a substitute for revenue under U.S. GAAP. Customer billings in Q3 were $12.8 million.

[Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape]

In Q3, we invoiced Volkswagen Group PowerCo under the upgraded deal announced in July. The resulting cash inflows benefit QuantumScape shareholders. They will be directly reflected on the balance sheet as cash when we receive payment. During the collaboration phase of this particular deal, because of the related party relationship with Volkswagen Group, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, a liability of equivalent value will also be created. QuantumScape has no repayment obligation with respect to these liabilities. Once relieved, rather than impacting the P&L, this value will accrue directly to shareholders' equity. Payments from other customers or partners we expect will be accounted for differently due to the lack of equity ownership or significant related party ties.

[Dan Conway, Principal Analyst and Investor Relations Officer at QuantumScape]

Thanks, Kevin. We'll begin today's Q&A portion with a few questions we've received from investors or that I believe investors would be interested in. Siva, the world's first live demonstration of QS solid-state lithium metal batteries in a Ducati V21L motorcycle premiered at IAA Mobility on September 9. Why is this such an important milestone, and what are the next steps on your commercialization roadmap?

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

That announcement and seeing the bike ride across the stage was an emotional moment for all of us at QuantumScape, and it was obviously a huge milestone. For all of our employees, investors, and partners, this was long in the making. Now, we'll be demonstrating our battery in the field and gathering as much data as possible from field testing. Stepping back a bit, this was a major step in our strategic blueprint. You can think of this as four tracks that are running in parallel: the Ducati program, our PowerCo relationship, our other customers, and our ecosystem development. With respect to PowerCo more broadly, as announced at IAA Mobility, we are working toward automotive-grade standards with a goal of a series production car with QuantumScape technology before the end of the decade. With respect to other customers, we are working towards commercialization deals with additional automotive OEMs.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

Of course, we are building out our ecosystem with world-class partners like Murata Manufacturing and Corning so that we can hand our customers, automotive customers, a turnkey supply chain to serve the massive and growing demand for our technology. These are the main areas that we have to execute on.

[Dan Conway, Principal Analyst and Investor Relations Officer at QuantumScape]

Thanks, Siva. On that note, QuantumScape continues to advance discussions with key high-precision ceramics players, most recently announcing an agreement with Corning and advancing our partnership with Murata Manufacturing. How does this fit into the company's overall strategy of building out the QuantumScape global partner ecosystem? What are the key benefits of this business model and some potential ways QuantumScape may receive economics from these partnerships?

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

QuantumScape's proprietary ceramic solid-state separator is our core IP. It enables our anode-free architecture and its performance advantages. Our strategy involves partnering with specialized high-precision ceramic manufacturers such as Murata Manufacturing and Corning to scale up separator production. These partners would supply QuantumScape separators to cell manufacturers like PowerCo, who would handle final cell assembly. This aggregated model allows QuantumScape to, one, leverage the manufacturing expertise and balance sheets of partners with strong reputations in manufacturing as well as IP protection. Two, ceramic production is a highly specialized skill set, and this allows our cell production partners to focus on their core competency. Three, this accelerates the scale-up of our technology by tapping into their manufacturing capabilities. In short, Corning and Murata Manufacturing are part of a complementary and expanding global ecosystem designed to de-risk, scale up, and enable a capital-efficient path to commercialization.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

We believe each partner contributes unique strengths to help us efficiently scale our separator production into high volumes. As you'd expect, we are continuing to build out the entire QuantumScape ecosystem with additional partners.

[Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape]

In the fullness of time, the ecosystem would represent a third source of cash inflow under our capital-light development and licensing business model. The first is monetizing collaboration and customization work with our OEM partners. The second and largest source of inflows would be licensing, as our customers produce cells using our technology. The third one would be value sharing from our ecosystem partners.

[Dan Conway, Principal Analyst and Investor Relations Officer at QuantumScape]

Thanks, Kevin. Can you expand further on customer billings as a key operational metric? How do customer billings translate into cash inflows?

[Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape]

First, to expand on the significance of customer billings, our first ever invoices totaling $12.8 million in Q3 2025 are by themselves an important commercial milestone in the history of our company. It's nice to have arrived at the chapter where we're billing customers. I'd also highlight to investors that customer billings are evidence of our capital-light business model at work. On the front end, we monetize development activities for our customers to tailor our core technology to meet their specific needs. Subsequently, as the customer ramps production, we realize royalties over the lifetime of the project. As we continue to develop further generations of our technology, we'll seek to maintain these lines of business to generate consistent and compelling cash flows. Payment for development activities has the benefit of being near-term.

[Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape]

The royalty payments represent the majority of the value capture opportunity through a consistent long-term stream of high gross margin revenue. Value sharing from ecosystem partners represents further opportunity for shareholder returns. I'd also ask investors to keep four things in mind when interpreting our customer billings metric. First, the metric is not a substitute for revenue under U.S. GAAP. Second, the accounting for individual customer billings may differ significantly. Third, the amounts billed to customers may vary from quarter to quarter due to fluctuations in activity as we progress through various phases of an agreed scope of work. Lastly, it is important to note that future cash inflows can diverge from customer billings, for example, as a result of timing differences, payment terms, prepaid customer deposits, or any adjustments to final payment amounts.

[Dan Conway, Principal Analyst and Investor Relations Officer at QuantumScape]

Okay, thanks so much, Kevin. We're now ready to begin the live portion of today's call. Operator, please open up the line for questions.

[Operator]

Thank you. If you have dialed in and would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad to raise your hand and join the queue. If you would like to withdraw your question, simply press star one a second time. If you are called upon to ask your question and are listening via speakerphone on your device, please pick up your handset and ensure that your phone is not on mute when asking your question. To be able to take as many questions as possible, we ask that you please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up. Again, it is star one if you would like to join the queue. Our first question comes from the line of Winnie Dong with Deutsche Bank. Your line is open.

[Winnie Dong, Director of Equity Research at Deutsche Bank]

Hi, thank you guys so much for hosting. First question is, I was hoping you can help me understand a bit more about the joint development of the ceramic separators with Corning, which you recently announced. If you can help me sort of understand maybe some similarities or differences in comparison to Murata. On Murata itself, you say you've successfully completed the initial phase of the collaboration, and you've also signed a subsequent contract. I was hoping if you can also there help me better understand the nature of the agreement, perhaps some details of the economics or the technology know-how in terms of the transfer of it. That's my first question. Thank you.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

Winnie, thank you. Thanks for the question. As you pointed out, this is an extremely important aspect of our business model to bring an ecosystem together for QS. Ceramic manufacturing is, as I mentioned earlier, an extremely specialized skill set. We want to bring people with us who can manufacture in high volume, taking our Cobra process and ramping it into the volume and using their balance sheet to put capital in building these factories up. When we started out with Murata about nine months ago, we both entered into a development agreement where they came in to evaluate what we needed to do, what do they need to do, et cetera. They concluded that, and we entered to the next system where we start to go ramp our relationship into a much higher level with commitments of volumes, et cetera.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

They understand what are the volumes involved and what our customers' needs are, et cetera. We are getting to be in that phase where we can take Cobra and ramp in volume. We have been working with Corning throughout this time as well. Corning had also been under an early development contract with us, and then we came into a more detailed relationship as we announced in early September. The reason we need two of them is, as you would think, is pretty obvious. The opportunity is so large that it is good for us to have two suppliers and initially they'll be complementary in different aspects of the ceramic processing. I expect over the long term to have a much larger portion that each one of them does. Both of them are extraordinarily competent manufacturing partners, and they are excited to be part of this relationship.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

I spent time with both CEOs at length, and they are very, very eager for them to get launched into high volume production to work with our big OEM partners.

[Winnie Dong, Director of Equity Research at Deutsche Bank]

That's very helpful. Thank you. The second question is the new metric that you just introduced, the customer billings metric. I was wondering if you can give us maybe a rough idea on the conversion time to revenue or to collection of those funds. Is that sort of like the main metric you will be providing over time as opposed to sort of framing out what revenue could look like in the next maybe one to two years or so? I just wanted to understand that dynamic a little bit better. I think last quarter you mentioned there is some investigation being done in terms of revenue recognition and was hoping if you can also tie that into your response. Thank you.

[Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape]

Hi Winnie. Just to outline back the question parts, there was a go into the definition of customer billings, talk about their importance, and also on the accounting treatment of VW PowerCo. I'll take them in order. Just to be on the same page, we define customer billings as the total value of all invoices issued by QuantumScape to our customers and partners in the period, regardless of accounting treatment. Where we hope it's useful to investors is it's a key operational metric to give insight into customer activity and into future cash inflows. I think you also had a question on how those translate into the timing of cash flow payments. I did mention in my remarks that you could see a divergence from billings to future cash inflows for a variety of reasons.

[Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape]

Those could include things like timing differences in payment from customers, prepaid customer deposits, adjustments to final payment amounts, typical operational considerations there. You asked about the importance. First of all, it is very nice to be in this chapter where we're doing work of value to customers and billing them for it. That's a nice moment for our company. On the VW PowerCo treatment, the way that the accounting works is the cash inflows, of course, at a broader perspective benefit QuantumScape shareholders. They'll be reflected on the balance sheet as cash when we receive them. During the collaboration phase of the VW PowerCo deal, because of the related party relationship with VW, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, a liability of equivalent value will also be created. A reminder to shareholders, we do not have a repayment obligation with respect to these liabilities.

[Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape]

Upon relief of the liability, rather than impacting the P&L, this value will accrue directly to shareholders' equity. This accounting treatment is specific to the collaboration phase of VW PowerCo. Payments from other customers or partners we expect to be accounted for differently due to the lack of equity ownership or significant related party ties.

[Winnie Dong, Director of Equity Research at Deutsche Bank]

Got it. That's very helpful. Thank you. I'll pass it along.

[Operator]

Excuse me. Our next question comes from the line of Jed Dorsheimer with William Blair. Your line is open.

[Mark Shooter, Senior Associate at William Blair]

Hi everybody. You have Mark Shutter on for Jed Dorsheimer. Congrats on the B-set with progress and especially the Ducati demo. It's always a, there's a lot of learnings in actually creating the pack and integration. Congrats on that. During that presentation, Volkswagen Group mentioned cells and EVs by the end of the decade. If we were to take this as 2030, does this track with your development timeline? If we're assuming that B samples meet all the required cell specs and a C sample stage gate is when you're producing those cells at scale, I think four to five years seems a bit longer than we expected. What do you think are the remaining technical boxes that need to be checked? Is there any opportunity to pull this forward with Volkswagen Group or potentially a little competition with the other two customer engagements you have ongoing?

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

Mark, thanks for the question. Anyway, just to be technically correct, end of the decade is 2029. Okay, just to make sure we don't add an extra year into the calendar. The second thing is, look, actual productization belongs to the customer and they announce plans the way they say it. Our job is to make sure we are going all out. We do everything that we can to make sure they are able to ramp as fast as they can. We are working hand-in-glove very closely with Volkswagen and PowerCo. They know exactly the status of the industrialization because we are working closely with them. We will continue to do that. Now, in parallel, when we go work with the new customers that we are talking about, both with an existing customer and a new customer, that's a completely independent path from what we are doing with Volkswagen.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

We don't try to go create competition for our customers, but we work very, very, very closely with each customer, adapting our technical roadmap to their product roadmap. That work goes on real time so that we can get to market as quickly as possible. As Kevin points out, in the meantime, they continue to pay us for the development activity that we do together.

[Mark Shooter, Senior Associate at William Blair]

Appreciate the comment. Thanks, Siva. 2029 you did this. I didn't mean to do this in 2030 there. I was being on different track here.

[Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape]

One engineering group through to another before the end of the decade. December 30, we're preparing for 2029.

[Mark Shooter, Senior Associate at William Blair]

Got it. Loud and clear. About the Volkswagen Group relationship as well, in the last iteration of this, there was some space left in for other potential applications where Volkswagen Group could source cells and sell to other markets potentially. Was this written in to give space to the Ducati program, or should we be looking at even more adjacent markets? Is there any potential there?

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

Yeah, I actually do not want to again talk for the customer, but you are absolutely right. We are looking at non-Volkswagen Group applications as well into that contract. Ducati being part of the Volkswagen Group would be included in the regular production. We do expect to have partnerships across both independent of Volkswagen Group with other new customers and customers working with PowerCo that we both work together.

[Mark Shooter, Senior Associate at William Blair]

Great. Thank you.

[Operator]

As a reminder, it is star one if you would like to ask a question. Our next question comes from the line of Mark Delaney with Goldman Sachs. Your line is open.

[Aman Gupta, Global Investment Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs]

Hey guys, you have Aman on for Mark. Thanks for taking the questions and congrats on the progress. Maybe on the other two customers that you mentioned in your prepared remark, Siva, could you maybe help us get a sense of on where the JDA stands with the customer you announced last quarter and what needs to happen to get that to a more of a complete commercial agreement? Similarly, on the top 10 global automotive OEM you mentioned, you're in active engagement with what it would take to go from the active engagement to a licensing or a JDA agreement. Thanks.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

Aman, thanks for the question. Of course, we are very, very excited about these two additional opportunities. We've been alluding to them over the last couple of quarters as to their maturation. We've been already in active engagement with them. As always, we let the OEMs do the announcement and we follow them. You saw that at the IAA. We had Volkswagen come out and talk in detail about how they are taking the product in through different applications that they have in mind. The same way we will be doing that with these two as well. As much as I would love to talk about it ahead of time, it would not be appropriate for me to come and tell you how they are doing.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

You will see over time as they start to talk about it more and more, you'll get a clearer idea of who they are, what they are doing, and how they are doing. I'm very excited about these prospects.

[Aman Gupta, Global Investment Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs]

Thank you for that, Aman. Maybe secondly on this partnership approach, recognizing the Corning and Murata Manufacturing relationships for the ceramic separator, I think you mentioned the possibility of expanding the ecosystem to other areas for QuantumScape. Can you give us a sense of what areas you might be looking to include for partnerships and what the kind of structure of these partnerships looks like from maybe a financial standpoint as well? Thank you.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

Yeah, I'll start with the partnership and then Kevin will give you the financial impact of those. Look, we are developing a technology ground up that is very, very different than and in both its potential, its capabilities, scale up from regular battery technologies. Wherever possible, we like to include competent and reliable partners from the ecosystem to be with us to invest capital. We talked about these two with respect to the ceramic separators. We have the high-touch transfer. When we develop this no-compromise solution, we want to be able to give them, whether it is materials, whether it is equipment, whether it is processes, whether it is software, whether it is metrology, we want to wrap all of this together in a package that they can ramp.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

In each of this, where we have original IP and where we have unique capabilities, we like partners to come along with us. We want to make it as easy as possible for our OEM customers to ramp production as quickly as possible. It would behoove us to bring these partners along. We continue to evaluate additional partners to join the team. You can see the quality, the caliber of the partners that we choose to work with us.

[Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape]

On the finance side, as much as the cell is differentiated with our solid-state lithium metal technology, the energy density, the charge time, and the safety, we think that we're equally proud of the business model as well. We think that's good for shareholders. It's capital light. It helps us focus on where we think we add value the most, which is in innovation and customer empowerment. It allows each member of our cell manufacturer customer ecosystem player to play to their strengths, which we think is in terms of time and effectiveness and risk-adjusted path to market best. In terms of how our QuantumScape shareholders see value from that, it really comes from three ways. The differentiation of the cell performance creates value, and our shareholders capture it in three ways. The first would be the monetization of the collaboration work.

[Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape]

You saw that in this quarter, $12.8 million of customer billings. Longer-term licensing, when our customers are producing our cells from their factories, we'd get a licensing stream. Finally, it would be value sharing with our ecosystem partners. That together, we think each of those is important in itself and also gives a robustness to our approach.

[Aman Gupta, Global Investment Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs]

Thank you.

[Operator]

As a reminder, it is star one if you would like to ask a question. With no further questions at this time, I will now turn the conference back over to QuantumScape Management for closing remarks.

[Siva Sivaram, CEO at QuantumScape]

Thank you, operator. Finally, today, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the entire QS team on their outstanding performance this quarter and the execution that they have shown in making this IAA announcement so powerful and well-received. Thank you to our shareholders for their continued support. We look forward to updating you on further progress in the months to come. Thank you.

[Operator]

Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's call, and we thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.

Participants

Executives

• Kevin Hettrich, CFO
• Siva Sivaram, CEO
• Dan Conway, Principal Analyst and Investor Relations Officer

Analysts

• Winnie Dong, Director of Equity Research at Deutsche Bank
• Mark Shooter, Senior Associate at William Blair
• Aman Gupta, Global Investment Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs