An electric vehicle battery developer financed by Bill Gates and Volkswagen is the latest firm to reveal its intention of undergoing amalgamation through an explicit peculiar acquisition process. QuantumScape, which manufactures vehicle batteries, explained to the public that it would be joining hands with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. To become a company in which the public can subscribe to its shares. This move by QuantumScape precedes a similar dive by Nikola’s IPO, which is also an electric vehicle firm.

The shares of Kensington were operating at a high of $15. The acquisition of QuantumScape, which will be operating with the acronym QS on the stock market, will start its bid at $3.3 billion. QuantumScape is anticipating more support fro. Volkswagen and Qatar’s wealth fund as agreed in the acquisition deal.

Initially, QuantumScape was partnering with Volkswagen to produce substantial solid-state batteries for this automotive company. Speculations have it that this battery will be a revolutionary factor in advancing the electric vehicles industry. The battery’s advantage is that it charges in a short period, and its considerable density allows the car to cover a longer mileage than that covered by Li-ion batteries.

Nevertheless, the disadvantage is that the batteries require a coat of manufacturing. The chief executive of QuantumScape, Jagdeep Singh, was optimistic that the batteries could charge quickly, and their mileage range is twice that of the conventional batteries with the same size.

Jagdeep stated that this is the right moment to unveil the battery to the world. He added that the current funding expectations would push the firm through to the manufacturing and establishing a factory. The chief head of Kensington, Justin Mirro, reiterates that the firm’s peculiar battery technology and its progressive efforts catalyzed their move to acquire the company.

Mirro says that they have been researching the technology that will increase their firm’s profitability, and when QuantumScape came out, they grabbed it in time. He adds that QuantumScape is the best performing firm in his team’s analysis that they gladly chose to acquire.

Mirro is an experienced automotive engineer who worked with Toyota Motors and General Motors before resorting to being a banker and forming Kensington Capital Partners. His firm has been in the car banking industry for over three decades. To sum up, Jagdeep Singh stated that Kensington’s familiarity with the automotive industry dynamics catalyzed its agreement to this deal. Nevertheless, he said that QuantumScape would continue to contract with its other partners to continue expanding.