James Brown Bell, Henry P. Dodge, Rathbun Fuller, Robert E. Lee and Henry E. Marvin
Defunct
1918
Headquarters
Toledo, Ohio, United States
Key people
George W. Shaw
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ohio Electric automobiles.
Ohio Electric Car Company was a brass era electric car company founded in 1909 in Toledo, Ohio.
History
James Brown Bell, Henry P. Dodge, Rathbun Fuller, Robert E. Lee and Henry E. Marvin founded the company in September 1909. The company was based in Toledo, Ohio. In 1910 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Ohio. Initially part of the Milburn Wagon Company facility was used before moving OECC to its own facility in 1911.
Twelve vehicles were built in 1910, 300 in 1915 and 650 the following year. In 1915 M.V. Barbour became the president, C.M. Foster the vice president and general manager, and Herman H. Brand the secretary and treasurer. In 1917 George W. Shaw became the president. At that time business was already declining, so half of the company activities consisted of building bodies for other car manufacturers.
The production ended in 1918.
There is no connection to the Ohio Motor Car Company, which used the same brand name from 1909 to 1912.
Vehicles
Ohio Electric offered only electric cars, emphasising in the ads (often aimed at women) how they were particularly easy to drive. Their cars were steered with a steering lever that could be operated from both the front seat and the back seat. Ohio Electric also emphasised their patents on the double drive and magnetic control, as well as their usage of magnetic brake. The electric motors came from Crocker-Wheeler.
In 1910 there was only one model called the Shaft Drive. This is the only indication of cardan drive in Ohio Electric, otherwise chain drive is not mentioned for any model.
Model overview
Year
Model
Wheelbase (cm)
Car body style
1910
Shaft Drive
Coupé
1911
Model D
203
Coupé
1911
Model F
203
Victoria
1911
Model G
203
Large Coupé
1912
Model D
203
Coupé
1912
Model F
229
Victoria
1912
Model G
229
Coupé
1912
Model K
229
Coupé
1912
Model Q
229
Victoria
1912
Model X
259
De Luxe Coupé
1913
Model F
Stanhope
1913
Model L
269
Colonial Brougham
1913
Model M
269
Straight-Line Brougham
1913
Model O
269
Dresden Brougham
1913
Model Q
229
Victoria
1913
Model Y
269
Brougham
1914
Model 40
249
Dresden Design with 4 seats
1914
Model 50
249
Coupé
1914
Model 60
249
Viennese Design with 5 seats
1915
Model 11 Single-Drive
250
Coupé
1915
Model 21
250
Roadster
1915
Model 41
250
Brougham
1915
Model 51 Double-Drive
250
Brougham
1915
Model 61 Double-Drive
250
Coupé
1915
Roadster
250
Roadster with 2 seats
1915
Single-Drive
250
Brougham with 4 and 5 seats
1915
Double-Drive
250
Brougham with 5 seats
1916
Model 12
239
Brougham with 4 seats
1916
Model 42 Single-Drive
262
Brougham
1916
Model 62
262
Brougham with 5 seats
1916
Roadster
262
Roadster
1916
Single-Drive
262
Coupé
1917
Model 12
262
Coupé
1917
Model 43
262
Brougham
1917
Model 63
262
Brougham
1917
Coach
262
Coach
1917
Single-Drive
262
Roadster
1918
Brougham
262
Brougham
1918
Coach
262
Coach
Bibliography
Kimes, Beverly Rae (1996). Standard catalog of American cars, 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Iola, WI: Krause Publications. pp. 1056–1058. ISBN 0-87341-428-4. OCLC 34905743.
The Beaulieu encyclopedia of the automobile. G. N. Georgano. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. 2000. pp. 1135–1136. ISBN 1-57958-293-1. OCLC 45369199.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)