Ohio Electric Car Company
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| Company type | Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automobile |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Founder | James Brown Bell, Henry P. Dodge, Rathbun Fuller, Robert E. Lee and Henry E. Marvin |
| Defunct | 1918 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | George W. Shaw |
Ohio Electric Car Company was a brass era electric car company founded in 1909 in Toledo, Ohio.
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.

