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What happens to cars when lightning strikes?

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October 15, 2014

How dangerous is it when a one-million-volt bolt of electricity strikes a car? Most of us know you’re safer inside a car than outside it when it comes to a serious thunderstorm. But what happens to a car's electronics? And how safe are you in a convertible?

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