POWER OF ATTORNEY		    	        EXHIBIT 24

The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of
QuantumScape Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints Michael O. McCarthy III, Kevin Hettrich, James Reilly,
Julian Wong, Bruna Lawant, and Agnes Tan, and each of them, as
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. prepare, execute in the undersigned?s name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto,
and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain EDGAR
codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the
SEC;

2. complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all
amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his
discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended)
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the
undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of
securities of the Company; and

3. do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the
SEC, any securities exchange or national association, the
Company and such other person or agency as the attorneys-in-fact
shall deem appropriate.

The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of 1/21/2026.


Signature: 	/s/ Geoffrey Ribar
Print name: 	Geoffrey Ribar