: EV-battery maker QuantumScape names new president

EV-battery maker QuantumScape Corp. QS on Monday named Dr. Siva Sivaram, president of Western Digital Corp. WDC and a veteran of the semiconductor and data-storage industries, to the newly created role of president. Sivaram will oversee QuantumScape’s technology and manufacturing groups as the company ramps up its transition from R&D to production.

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