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Electric Fuel EV Division Delivers Latest Battery Follow-On Order to Edison SpA

11 February 1998

Electric Fuel EV Division Delivers Latest Battery Follow-On Order to Edison SpA

    NEW YORK, Feb. 11 -- The Electric Vehicle Division of
Electric Fuel Corporation announced today that it is completing
delivery of the latest follow-on battery order from its Italian partner,
Edison SpA.  The order includes six zinc-air battery packs and related
equipment.
    Edison is currently operating an electric Fiat Ducato van and Seat
Marbella subcompact for demonstration purposes, and will use the new batteries
to enhance its marketing activities.
    "The Electric Fuel zinc-air battery system is one of Italy's best hopes
for solving the intensifying urban pollution crisis," says Claudio Serracane,
Electric Power Sector, Research & Development Manager of Edison SpA.
    Edison, Italy's largest private energy producer, has licensed the Electric
Fuel technology for Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, and has installed a
battery refueling station and a pilot zinc anode regeneration plant at its
facility in Trofarello, near Turin.
    Electric Fuel Corporation, with corporate offices in New York City and
manufacturing and R&D facilities In Jerusalem, Israel and in Auburn, Alabama,
is pioneering the use of zinc-air battery technology for electric vehicles,
consumer electronic products, and industrial applications.

    NOTE:  This press release contains forward-looking statements.  There are
certain important factors that could cause results to differ materially from
those anticipated by the statements made above.  Among, but not limited to
these factors, include the completion of the Deutsche Post field test, the
uncertainty of the electric vehicle market and significant future capital
requirements.

SOURCE  Electric Fuel Corporation