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Tires conduct electricity. Tires contain a large amount of carbon black to stabilize the rubber and the carbon black is electrically conductive.
If the tires were insulators, the rolling insulator (tires) would cause a static electric charge to build up on the vehicle. Vehicles with insulators for tires/wheels have ground straps dragging the ground bonding the chassis to the ground.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoCar tires are actually conductors. Poor conductors, but still conductors. Tires contain carbon black, an additive to the rubber. Carbon does conduct electricity. Tires may also be wet, and have picked up salts from the roadway. However, inside of a car is a relatively safe place during a lightning storm- not because of the tires, but the metal frame and body of the car- a lightning strike will tend to be carried through the metal, around the passenger compartment, and to the earth.
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