Shares of QuantumScape (QS 5.69%) rocketed more than 40% Thursday after a press release from a Volkswagen subsidiary confirmed some testing data. In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall puts this news in proper context and frames how investors should think about it now.

*Stock prices used were from the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2023. The video was published on Jan. 4, 2023.