EXHIBIT 99.1


                                WRITTEN STATEMENT

         In  connection   with  the  amended  Annual  Report  of  Electric  Fuel
Corporation  (the "Company") on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2002
filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "Report"),  I, Robert S.
Ehrlich,  Chairman,  President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer  of the  Company,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350,  as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,  hereby  certify that to my  knowledge,  the Report
fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange  Act of  1934,  and the  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly
presents,  in all material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of
operations of the Company.

         A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has
been provided to Electric Fuel Corporation and will be retained by Electric Fuel
Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff
upon request.




                         By:             /S/ ROBERT S. EHRLICH
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                               Robert S. Ehrlich, Chairman, President and CEO
                               (Chief Executive Officer)

Date:  May 8, 2003