All the car, smartphone, insulin pump, and pacemaker owners will surely appreciate this new and exciting EM pulse. And if this device does indeed cause overheating, so will all NHS amalgam dental filling owners and people with implants.
Unfortunately, "the weapon was in development and could be months away from being available, though it is expected to be longer than that", so the public can't enjoy it just yet.
Anyways, what will the criminals do? Will they have to buy petrol scooters again? This will set them back multiple months technologically! Although there are now petrol kick-style stand up scooters, so maybe not.
This sounds like a sketch from Silicon Valley (TV).