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A new study over 90% of all cars on the road in the UK and around 85% of the vehicles in the US would be rendered completely useless if an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) were to be released upon them. The research, which was commissioned by alpha wire management producer Hellerman Tyton, showed that almost all cars would cease to work and cost thousands to repair if they were in an EMP blast zone.The newest EMP blasts are capable of taking out any electrical equipment within a 250 mile radius, but Hellerman Tyton have said that very few countries have this level of EMP technology.

Electromagnetic pulses work by generating such a large electrical current that it fries all semiconductor components in electrical devises beyond repair. What this means is that all semiconductor-reliant hardware, such as televisions and cell phones would have their internal system destroyed. Most cars now also include a large range of electrical systems to help them run and would lose function of all of its electrical connectors. As most of us are heavily reliant on vehicle for work and everyday life, the economy of an effected country would be hit hard. This is why a large number of countries are not only concerned about the technology but also looking into developing it themselves.

The conductors of the research also added that the government’s new vehicle scrappage scheme will soon add even more vulnerable cars to our roads. The newest cars have more electrical systems than their predecessors. These developments may increase their functionality but at the same time they are becoming increasing fragile to electrical attacks.  Even the new LEDs being fitted to a lot of cars will no longer work if they are subject to an EMP burst. Because their will always a demand for cars to be up to date an include the latest gadgetry, we are only going to become more vulnerable unfortunately. All we can do is keep our fingers crossed that this EMP technology does not get used

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