Exhibit 23.1


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

         We  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  Registration
Statements  of Electric Fuel  Corporation  (Form S-3 and Form S-8) of our report
dated 02/06/2002 with respect to the financial statements of I.E.S.  Electronics
Industries  U.S.A.,  Inc.  for the year ended  December  31, 2001 and our report
dated 07/11/2002 with respect to the financial statements of I.E.S.  Electronics
Industries  U.S.A.,  Inc.  for the six months  ended June 30,  2002  included in
Electric Fuel Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated May 8, 2003.


                                      /s/    Cornelius, Stegent & Price, LLP
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                                              CORNELIUS, STEGENT & PRICE, LLP



Houston, Texas
May 8, 2003



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