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۞_ʞɾ_۝ asked in Science & MathematicsOther - Science · 6 years ago

When lightning hits the car, where does the electricity go?

the tires are rubbers so i dont think they conduct electricity and transfer it to the ground, do they? where does the energy go? the car absorbs it? it goes to the car battery?

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  • derfram
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Forget about the tires. The lightning has just jumped through the air from a cloud to the car. What makes you think it couldn't simply travel through the car and then jump from the car body to the ground?

  • Chandramohan P.R
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Rubber is insulator for small voltages.In lightning millions of volts acts and it can pass through car tyre.

  • Kano
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Around the outer skin and jumps to the ground.

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