Most of the world's rare earth supply runs through China. We decided to build motors that don't. Modal Motors makes electric motors and generators two ways: designs that use no rare earths at all, and designs that use rare earths sourced here in the U.S. Both run on a 100% domestic supply chain. Both are engineered to beat Chinese rare-earth motors on performance while holding the lowest cost of goods sold in their class. That combination is hard to pull off, and prototyping is where most of it gets decided. The Make it in Michigan Prototyping Grant Program and the team at the Centrepolis Accelerator helped us close the gap between a working concept and a commercial product. Grateful to @CentrepolisXLR8, @MEDC, @michiganofme, and @MichiganDefense for putting real support behind hardware at the hardest stage to fund. Michigan knows how to build things. We're glad to be building here. 📽️ @RobinSchwartzPR #MakeitinMichigan #Manufacturing #ModalMotors #Electrification #SupplyChain #MichiganInnovation #Prototyping #AmericanMade #ElectricMotors

Our motors are running live in SF and Detroit! Higher torque. Higher efficiency. Fewer parts. American supply chain. Automated assembly. Production Dec 2026, deliveries Jan 2027. 📍 @TechCrunch Disrupt, Table BW23 
📍 @thebatteryshow, Booth 2244 #Reindustrialize

Next week we’re in two places at once. The Battery Show, Detroit, Oct. 12-15: Booth 2244 TechCrunch Disrupt, San Francisco, Oct. 13-15: Built World, Table BW23 Our Founder & CTO Michael Van Steenburg pitches Tue., Oct. 13, 9:30-11:30 AM PT. #TheBatteryShow #TechCrunchDisrupt

Every motor we build starts with a real problem worth solving. Meet the people behind Modal Motors' growing patent portfolio and the purpose that drives it.

Congratulations, @DetroitTechGuru! Well done! #MostFundableCompanies #MFC2026 #Pepperdine #PepperdineGraziadio

Out of 2,100+ applicants, Modal Motors was named one of 14 companies on @GraziadioSchool's 2026 Most Fundable Companies® list. Today, our Co-Founder & CEO, Michael Van Steenburg, pitched in Malibu. Thank you, @DrCraigEverett and the MFC team. bschool.pepperdine.edu/event… #MFC2026 #mostfundablecompanies

We're at MIX Summit | Michigan Moves Demo Day today. M1 Concourse, Pontiac. Come see the hardware. michigan.gov/leo/news/2026/0… #MIXSummit #MichiganMoves

Today at 2:30 PM ET, our CEO Michael Van Steenburg pitches at the PitchMI Defense & Aerospace semifinal in Grand Rapids. Five Michigan startups. One advances to the statewide championship. Modal Motors builds electric motors and actuators right here in Michigan. msufoundation.org/pitchmi/ @MEDC @MSUFound #PitchMI

Our team visited @ABBRobotics to advance our collaboration. Working alongside a company with ABB's depth in industrial automation sharpens how we think about production processes and our fully automated assembly. Excited to combine our teams' expertise! More to share as the work progresses. #ElectricMotors #AdvancedManufacturing #MadeInMichigan #MotionControl #ABB #ModalMotors

Why don't robots panic in a crisis? Nerves of steel and a really good exception handler! Yup, it's a "dad joke"... but it reminded me why our Modal Motors team is amazing. We're designing the future and creating paradigm-breaking alterations to the world of DC motors, from the product to the manufacturing and design processes. Highlighted here is one of our team members, Melanie. Melanie is an automation intern who does much more than... lend a hand. Yup, another pun! She's holding a "hand" for our robot arm, an end effector (EOAT, or End-of-Arm Tooling), which we are custom designing and building in-house to do more than just improve our processes, but to scale them. #ModalMotors #Automation #Robotics #Manufacturing #EndOfArmTooling

We’re ecstatic to make the @TechCrunch Startup Battlefield cut! Thousands applied, and we’re one of 200 startups chosen to exhibit at #Disrupt2026. Get 20% off all passes now and join us Oct 13-15 in San Francisco 👉 bit.ly/4bfOmvt Check out the article here. techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/th…

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We're honored to be selected for the Top 20 PitchMI 2026 Semifinalists! Catch us pitching for defense and aerospace in Grand Rapids on September 15th. Check out the press release here. pulse2.com/pitchmi-names-20-… Register to attend here. msufoundation.org/pitchmi/ See you in Grand Rapids!