Faraday cages for all car control electronics(as a bonus this would also make them much more emp resistant...).
metal mesh and alu-foil wrapping may sound very tin-foil hatty but as far as preventing outside em interference it will actually work(imperfectly if its an in-situ wrap but still provides a lot of shielding from anything weak/directional and short of a strong blanket signal)
You can actually fabricate this into the fire wall and hood of the vehicle and add a layer of sound dampener (cork material, or rubberized black matting) and it could be a fairly clean looking install and upgrade.
Same thing for building hardened enclosures (boxes) around some of the control electronic components (it might seem daunting, especially with modern cars, but there really aren't that many).
Also for EMP protection you can get an aluminum cable that reaches the actual ground and aluminum spike and ground the chassis to the ground itself. Functional cheap EMP protection. When the vehicle is not moving.
Problem with that solution is that you still have a satellite antenna on top of the vehicle which directly links to the engine managment control and other electronic conponents that an EMP could destroy. Unless you keep your vehicle deep underground or as you say in a Faraday Cage which people don't, the damage is unavoidable. Also remember that your battery or batteries are grounded to the vehicle which also introduces a direct link to the power supply of the electronic systems which an EMP can easily disrupt.
More emp resistant, emp-proofing anything with electronic control of a function-system(like fuel-injection) is a bit of a lost cause, if you want an absolutely EMP-proofable vehicle then mechanical fuel injection/diesel-pump and ignition being the most electric thing in the vehicle related to running it is the only real option.
Agreed, better is better than not at all. I have a mechanical fuel injection turbo diesel Sierra on standby for just the time when things get bad. Even tractors these days have electronic fuel injection control which would disable agriculture real fast. Its good to keep some older John Deeres or IH tractors and store as much fuel as possible just in case.
There is a way to EMP proof an electronic vehicle and you will laugh about it, but going back to really old technology like the use of Electron Tubes can easily harden the control systems against an EMP. Thats how some critical components are hardened on our modern Navy ships. Problem with electron tubes is heat dissipation but its just a thought.
The selective use of vacuum tubes was a feature of Soviet avionics design. We sneered and snickered at it...until some brainy folks pointed out that they were designing-in EMP hardness (e.g., MiG-25 radar set).
Faraday cages for all car control electronics(as a bonus this would also make them much more emp resistant...).
metal mesh and alu-foil wrapping may sound very tin-foil hatty but as far as preventing outside em interference it will actually work(imperfectly if its an in-situ wrap but still provides a lot of shielding from anything weak/directional and short of a strong blanket signal)
You can actually fabricate this into the fire wall and hood of the vehicle and add a layer of sound dampener (cork material, or rubberized black matting) and it could be a fairly clean looking install and upgrade.
Same thing for building hardened enclosures (boxes) around some of the control electronic components (it might seem daunting, especially with modern cars, but there really aren't that many).
Also for EMP protection you can get an aluminum cable that reaches the actual ground and aluminum spike and ground the chassis to the ground itself. Functional cheap EMP protection. When the vehicle is not moving.
Works for generators too.
Problem with that solution is that you still have a satellite antenna on top of the vehicle which directly links to the engine managment control and other electronic conponents that an EMP could destroy. Unless you keep your vehicle deep underground or as you say in a Faraday Cage which people don't, the damage is unavoidable. Also remember that your battery or batteries are grounded to the vehicle which also introduces a direct link to the power supply of the electronic systems which an EMP can easily disrupt.
More emp resistant, emp-proofing anything with electronic control of a function-system(like fuel-injection) is a bit of a lost cause, if you want an absolutely EMP-proofable vehicle then mechanical fuel injection/diesel-pump and ignition being the most electric thing in the vehicle related to running it is the only real option.
But better is better than not at all......
Agreed, better is better than not at all. I have a mechanical fuel injection turbo diesel Sierra on standby for just the time when things get bad. Even tractors these days have electronic fuel injection control which would disable agriculture real fast. Its good to keep some older John Deeres or IH tractors and store as much fuel as possible just in case.
There is a way to EMP proof an electronic vehicle and you will laugh about it, but going back to really old technology like the use of Electron Tubes can easily harden the control systems against an EMP. Thats how some critical components are hardened on our modern Navy ships. Problem with electron tubes is heat dissipation but its just a thought.
The selective use of vacuum tubes was a feature of Soviet avionics design. We sneered and snickered at it...until some brainy folks pointed out that they were designing-in EMP hardness (e.g., MiG-25 radar set).
Do they have something like that? I know of Faraday cage for phone and meter.
There is a device for this. Not sure how they test it though.
https://www.empshield.com/vehicle-protection/
Hey thanks. This is important. I know I sound like I am wearing tin foil hat all day long, but hey, whatever works.