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When the key is turned on, it closes an electrical circuit. That closes another electrical circuit which makes and electromagnet work. The electromagnet closes a circuit between the battery and the starter. That starts the car. So the key does not actually do any work to start the car but it tells the various circuits to get busy and start the car.

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