The Early-Time (E1) High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and
Its Impact on the U.S. Power Grid, Prepared for Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2010
Appendix
E1 HEMP Myths
"Cars dying: Some say that all vehicles travelling will come to a halt, with all modern vehicles damaged because of their use of modern electronics (and one movie even had a bulk, non-electronic part dying). Most likely there will be some vehicles affected, but probably just a small fraction of them (although this could create traffic jams in large cities). A car does not have very long cabling to act as antennas, and there is some protection from metallic construction."
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