Here's Why QuantumScape Is the Top Moonshot Stock on My Radar

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) is perhaps the ultimate example of a binary outcome stock. If its new battery technology proves successful on the commercial level, it could transform the electric vehicle (EV) industry and make its investors lots of money in the process. But that's a big "if." In this video, Fool.com contributors Matt Frankel and John Rosevear discuss QuantumScape's latest developments and why they think it could make good sense from a risk-reward perspective.

*Stock prices used were the morning prices of Aug. 23, 2024. The video was published on Aug. 30, 2024.

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