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QuantumScape (QS -2.06%) has plummeted -- but a breakthrough may be just around the corner. With cutting-edge solid-state battery technology and Volkswagen's backing, QuantumScape could become one of the top growth stories of the decade.

QuantumScape (QS -0.46%) has dramatically underperformed the market over the past year, with shares falling by more than 20%. However, while this remains a pre-revenue business several years after making its publicly traded debut, there are also some impressive signs of progress in the EV battery innovator.

Traditionally, a company like QuantumScape (QS) would be living on angel-investor capital. But nowadays, emerging companies go public faster than in the past. QS is developing a better lithium battery for EVs. If it works, it'll solve some huge problems. But it'll take several more years to see if it succeeds. Are you excited yet? Maybe not. Frankly, you really need to understand how batteries ...

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In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe break down a recent spate of stock selling by insiders at QuantumScape (QS -5.90%), and what investors should know right now.

QuantumScape (QS) and ChargePoint (CHPT -1.27%) represent two different ways to invest in the growing electric vehicle (EV) market.

QuantumScape (QS -14.90%) stock stumbled in Monday morning trading after The Wall Street Journal reported that partner General Motors (GM -0.71%) is getting cold feet about the EV revolution.