as my car is only 7 years old and is fitted with an onboard electronic system I am EXPECTING it to be unusable post EMP, I am working on the basis that it will so if it isn't then that's a bonus..if you get my drift, but erring on the side of caution.
EMP's and cars?
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There hasn't been any unclassified tests on the affects of an EMP against batteries connected or not though a solar EMP wouldn't affect batteries. I would say for the most part a nuclear EMP wouldn't affect a battery though I always had the question 'will it can it' since those can't be answered with 100% certainty I air on the side of caution and keep my batteries and LED lights in a faraday cage, In most of the unclassified tests even though flawed have shown no affects on car batteries but the tests performed are not of a full power nuclear EMP explosion that would be expected 150-250 miles up in time of war though a hi-alt 1.4MT tests performed in 1962 (starfish prime) played havoc in the Hawaiian islands and New Zealand but had no reported affects on car batteries.
It's all about how MUCH EMP something is hit with. In the last EMP Commission tests (which were years ago), only a small percentage of cars were severely affected. Most started right back up. My worry is the newer cars where the steering is all electronic, meaning a sudden power loss = out of control vehicle. Can you imagine the amount of accidents that will cause in an EMP attack? That is going to be horrific. Cars careening off bridges, overpasses, etc. when going 70 mph and now no steering. Scary.
