The high-frequency laboratory at the University of Stuttgart carries out research on lightning protection and electrical conductors. Our car tester Susanne Gebhardt met with university expert Stefan Tenbohlen. Together they check out how dangerous it is 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? Drive it! gets the scoop.
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