QuantumScape (QS -9.58%) stock is sinking in Wednesday's trading. The solid-state battery specialist's share price was down 9.5% as of 1:30 p.m. ET and had been down as much as 11.6% earlier in the session.Before the market opened today, reports hit the wire that President-elect Donald Trump is considering declaring a national economic emergency when he enters office later this month. By declaring a national emergency, Trump would be able to utilize special powers through the International Economic Emergenc ...

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The S&P 500 posted a solid on Monday, with QuantumScape (QS 9.67%) as a major standout. As of the market close, the solid-state EV battery technology company was higher by 9.5% and traded more than 13% higher at certain points.QuantumScape is one of 2025's best performers so farSome of the move in QuantumScape's price appears to be momentum-driven. Including today's gain, the EV battery technology stock is up nearly 27% already in 2025, with gains in every trading session.A report Monday about President-ele ...

With the burgeoning electric vehicle industry expanding globally, this backdrop offers a twofold benefit for electric vehicle battery technology specialist QuantumScape QS. First, the obvious point: more next-generation vehicles should translate to greater demand for advanced batteries. Second, energy-efficient powerplants should help mitigate the coming extra strain on grid infrastructures. So, it's not surprising that QS stock occasionally sees big swings higher.However, the question is whether the positi ...

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Which of these speculative energy plays has a brighter future?QuantumScape (QS 1.64%) and NuScale Power (SMR 2.79%) are both trying to disrupt older energy industries with their newer technologies. QuantumScape is developing solid-state batteries that could replace lithium-ion batteries, and NuScale is developing small modular reactors (SMRs) that could revolutionize nuclear power.Both companies went public by merging with special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). QuantumScape's stock opened at $24.80 ...

If you're an investor with a healthy appetite for risk, and are looking for potentially massive long-term investments, QuantumScape (QS -0.81%) and Rivian Automotive (RIVN 1.20%) should be two stocks on your radar. Both could end up explosive, in a good way, or burn a hole in your pocket. Here are a couple of reasons each could be a strong buy in 2025.QuantumScape: The future?QuantumScape has been quietly developing promising solid-state lithium-metal batteries that would drastically improve the status quo ...

Shares of electric vehicle (EV) and related stocks Lucid Motors (LCID 3.33%), QuantumScape (QS 3.68%), and Navitas Semiconductor Corporation (NVTS 14.88%) rallied today, up 3.3%, 3.7%, and 14.9%, respectively, in Monday's trading.The commonality among all three stocks is their leverage to the EV and clean energy markets. Such stocks have taken a pounding this year, at first because of the big slowdown in EV sales amid higher interest rates. And these stocks took another severe downturn recently after the el ...

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