EXHIBIT 23.1
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                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our report dated February 27, 2003, in the Registration Statement (Form
S-3, No. 333-99559) and related Prospectus of Electric Fuel Corporation for the
registration of 453,638 shares of its Common Stock and to the incorporation by
reference therein of our report with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Electric Fuel Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form
10-K), as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2002, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                               /S/    KOST FORER AND GABBAY
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                                                       Kost Forer & Gabbay
                                                A Member of Ernst & Young Global


Tel-Aviv, Israel
May 8, 2003