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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans. The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:








Is $QS the next $ASTS? QuantumScape $QS 2026 Milestones From research to manufacturing, 2026 is QuantumScape's most critical phase yet. The Eagle Line is live, the technology is proving itself. Here are all the key milestones at a glance. 👇 QSE-5 CELL SPECIFICATIONS • Energy Density: 844 Wh/ • Charge Time 10→80%: ~12 Minute • Cycle Stability: 1,000+ at ≥95 • Separator Process: Cobra, 25× faster than Raptor FINANCIALS • $19.5M First Customer Billings (2025) • $970.8M liquidity, end of FY 2025 • 2026 EBITDA Loss Guidance: $250–275M adjusted 2026 CapEx Guidance: $40–60M bulk for beyond-QSE-5 • Runway to ~2030, extended from 2029 Official 2026 Goals 🏁 🎯 👉 01 Production: Demonstrate Scalable Production with the Eagle Line The Eagle Line, inaugurated February 4, 2026, is QuantumScape's fully automated pilot production line in San Jose. It runs the Cobra separator process, which is 25× faster than its predecessor Raptor, and produces QSE-5 cells for customer samples and OEM integrations. CEO Sivaram framed the goal clearly: "Success on the Eagle Line is to have a blueprint for scale, cost, quality, and cycle time that a customer can deploy into their manufacturing line." 👉 02 OEM: Advance Automotive Commercialization Automotive remains the core focus. In 2026, QuantumScape is advancing multiple global OEM customers through its technology development & licensing pipeline, tailoring product solutions for specific vehicle programs, conducting field tests with real vehicles, and implementing customer-specific industrialization strategies. The customer base includes Volkswagen PowerCo (JDA) plus at least two additional unnamed Top-10 global automakers signed in 2025. B-sample acceptance by these OEMs is the key validation gate the market is watching. 👉 03 Markets: Expand into New High-Value Markets Solid-state battery technology is a platform, not a single product. QuantumScape is targeting defense, aerospace, robotics, and data centers as expansion markets where its step-change energy density and safety advantages over lithium-ion are especially compelling. The appointment of Ross Niebergall (former President of Aerojet Rocketdyne, CTO at L3Harris) to the board in March 2026 signals serious intent. CapEx for market expansion and customer-specific work is guided to remain incremental, the licensing model keeps capital requirements lean. 👉 04 R&D: Go Beyond QSE-5 While ramping the current QSE-5 platform, QuantumScape is already funding next-generation battery development. Management guided $40–60M in CapEx for 2026, with the bulk earmarked for the beyond-QSE-5 roadmap, covering cathode innovations, new form factors, and performance improvements for emerging applications. 🚨 Next Catalyst Q1 2026 Earnings, April 22 after market close: Focus areas: Eagle Line output progress, billing trajectory vs. 2025's $19.5M base, cash runway update, and any new OEM or market expansion announcements. Management guided billings to increase in 2026, the first Q1 report will tell us if the ramp is real. Bottom Line 👇 The official roadmap is ambitious but coherent. The Eagle Line is the physical proof of that pivot and the four 2026 objectives are all designed to stress-test the licensing model under real commercial conditions. What makes $QS genuinely interesting is the capital-light flywheel: if Eagle Line produces a replicable blueprint, OEMs can license it and build their own factories. QuantumScape doesn't need to build gigafactories, it just needs to prove the recipe works. My opinion: watch the B-samples, watch Q1 billings, and watch whether any new high-value market wins get announced. If all four roadmap goals show visible progress by year-end, 2026 could be the inflection investors have been waiting for since the IPO. If execution slips, especially on Eagle Line output, the narrative resets hard. Remember: $QS is a high-risk / high-reward #stock