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Kent Helfrich

Director at Modal Motors

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Updated Nov 4, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 27, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Kent Helfrich

Kent Helfrich is a director of Modal Motors, a Farmington Hills, Michigan, company that makes electric motors without rare-earth magnets.

General Motors named him vice president of global research and development, chief technology officer and president of GM Ventures, effective August 1, 2021. GM Ventures is the automaker's venture investing arm. Before that he was GM's executive director of advanced technology and partnerships, and earlier he led its global electrification and battery systems team.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Kent Helfrich in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Modal Motors Inc.
Director
2025 – 2026 · Farmington Hills, MI
Builds high-torque electric motors in the U.S. that do not need rare-earth magnets.
General Motors
Vice President, Global Research and Development, Chief Technology Officer and President, GM Ventures (From 2021)
Executive Director, Advanced Technology and Partnerships
From 2021

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Kent Helfrich works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Modal Motors Inc. · Form D, Oct 27, 2026
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Mark Hanchett
Chief Executive Officer
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Michael Van Steenburg
Founder and director
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Fatih Arslan
Executive officer
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Lynn Bishop
Director

Kent Helfrich in the News

Sources

  1. SECModal Motors Inc. Form D, filed Oct 27, 2026
  2. PressGeneral Motors release (July 27, 2021): Kent Helfrich named to lead global R&D and GM Ventures
  3. Company siteGM Ventures home page on gmventures.com