Again, newer vehicles have 100's of processors that make everything about a car complicated and intricate. Avoid getting a vehicle with the systems listed below, as it will be very difficult to find replacement parts for them. Furthermore, keep reading to learn the best way to blend in and not stand out during an EMP — your lives depend on it!
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7. Fewest Possible Microelectronics, Computers or Chips
Some newer vehicles have in excess of 100 processors that run on miniscule amounts of power. They sense and control virtually every function of the vehicle and are very sensitive to EMP.
How far are you going to get without an engine, fuel injection, transmission or 4-wheel drive system? Sure, car manufacturers take reasonable precautions to shield them, but not against such great field strengths or over the entire frequency range EMP covers. Any transistor-based technology is vulnerable.
Avoid vehicles with the following systems, rewire them or replace them with their non-electronic counterparts and/or stock replacements in a Faraday cage:
• PCM (Powertrain Control Module)
• Anti-lock Braking System
• Electronic Fuel Injection
• Electronic Ignition
• Computers Controlling Critical Systems
• Consumer Electronics
• Long Antennas
• Negative Battery Terminal Grounded to Vehicle Frame8. Overt vs Covert
It is often best to blend in as opposed to standing out. In the city, that might mean driving a white sedan or van. In the bush, it might mean a camouflage or matte earth tone paint job.
Other times, looking like you are not worth tangling with might be the better option.
If EMP vehicle resistance is essential to you, head over to the next page to learn what you should be looking for when it comes time to select a vehicle that has the best body you could hope to have. Plus, learn several more tips on how to EMP harden your auto!
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If an emp goes off every car on the road is disabled and your not getting around that with your “emp safe” vehicle
Wow, pretty special.
“The question of EMP damage to automobiles is so complex that it cannot be answered definitely for the reasons discussed below.” http://www.futurescience.com/emp/vehicles.html
Any vehicle with a lot of fancy technology in it goes shitfaced
I’d be driving an older model vehicle, like from the 60s
I guess I don’t understand how EMP works.
I guess I don’t understand how EMP works.
An EMP simply kills each and every piece of technology in an area. Cars, lights, tvs, pacemakers, etc.
Got most of those, except the fuel capacity. 16 gallons does not go far.
Kent
True, no such thing
If it uses electricity, it could get damaged. Depends if it’s shielded or not.
If it uses electricity, it could get damaged. Modern vehicles are all controlled with a lot of electronics, so they more than likely wouldn’t run. Not necessarily, but very likely.
Mmmmm 1978 Dodge Ram……..
Unless you have an old$#%&!@*crank engine or a Faraday Cage built around your truck, it’s fucked with an EMP
You could have it stored inside a Faraday Cage. Other than that, it’s fucked
My point is all other cars not in a whatever cage will be blocking your path
It closes all circuits with every other circuit at the same time and fries everything
How strong of a magnetic pulse does it take to disrupt the flow of electrons in a circuit? Seems like that kind of pulse would do other kinds of damage too.
Except the fact that there has never been a large scale emp to prove definitively what would happen to vehicles that have metal bodies.
Conor Callahan
The effects of EMP vary according to several variables. There were EMP related incidents in the 1950s during the time period of nuclear bomb testing, ways the EMP skips through the ionosphere and can cause damage hundreds of miles away, but depending on atmospheric and magnetic conditions, vehicles as close as 25 miles were not affected. In many cases, the effect is entirely temporary. It causes a disruption in the vehicle ignition system, you restart the vehicle, and you drive on. Vehicles which were in areas shaded by large granite formations may be unaffected, as may be vehicles which were being serviced at the time of the EMP and had the ignition computers disconnected from batteries or external wiring.
The article is pure speculative clickbait, with very little substantive information and the guy does not show the nuts and bolts of an actual EMP resistant vehicle. I seriously doubt he even has put any effort into an EMP resistant vehicle that he actually has or plans to use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3WrXthPEAg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlQLG16OqiI
The car, with all its structural metal parts, is basically a faraday cage anyway. What you have in the article and the comments is fear mongering.
Well you have that at least. For those who are interested in reading about the testing the link is there. Bye bye!