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QuantumScape ( Nasdaq:QS) enters tonight's earnings as a pre-revenue platform transitioning from lab to a scalable ready product. Management tightened CapEx, expanded the Volkswagen PowerCo collaboration with up to $131 million of milestone inflows, signed a second global OEM JDA, and baselined the Cobra separator to unlock B1 shipments. The question now isn't if QS can attract blue-chip partners and how quickly those partnerships translate into validated product, factory-ready processes, and royalty pathways.