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QuantumScape loses manufacturing chief over management style mismatch



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Celina Mikolajczak, who has held senior roles at Tesla and Panasonic, resigned from QuantumScape less than a year after taking the chief manufacturing officer position at the solid-state battery company, according to a regulatory filing.
Mikolajczak and QuantumScape are parting ways over “differing management styles between the parties,” the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission states. Mikolajczak will move to an advisory role on the company’s scientific advisory board.
She intends to focus her career on the development of a fully U.S.-based battery supply chain, according to the filing.
Shares of QuantumScape fell 7.7% to close at $10.15, near its 52-week low of $10.
The departure wraps up a fast and furious relationship between the company and Mikolajczak. …

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