ELECTRIC FUEL CORPORATION

                                                                    Exhibit 32.1

                                WRITTEN STATEMENT


         In connection  with the Quarterly  Report of Electric Fuel  Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarterly  period ended June 30, 2003 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)

Dated: August 13, 2002