Electric cars are no safe to be in in thunderstorms or in fair weather.
Electric Car: “I AM the storm.”
Why would you wonder? Do you think that electric cars have special, electrically conductive tires? I suppose it’s probably a good idea to unplug your Tesla along with your TV set, your microwave etc.
No problem with thunder!
Beware of lightning!
Yes - until it explodes in a ball of fire.
Yes, if the body is metal they make a decent faraday cage just like any other car. In neither case would you want to touch a metal part during a lightning strike.
Isn’t it kinda late to ask this question, now that thousands have been produced and bought?
You are told that because of the four tires
You may want to keep a window open just in case it gets hit.
That’s how you become Lithium Man!!!!
I wouldn’t be in one on a clear, sunny day.
‘They’ say it is safe because it is grounded by the tires.
First responders have been known to be electrocuted if the EV is in standing water. This was t case a few years ago but not sure how bad the situation is now.
No better, no worse.
It's a question born of ignorance. The protection an ICE car provides is that the chassis serves as a Faraday cage (No, it isn't the "rubber tires"). What is so different about a Tesla's chassis that it would fail to serve as a Faraday cage?
May be the quickest way to get them charged
I was in a car during the ‘80s that was struck by lightning. This was during the early days of processors in cars. The ‘check engine’ light came on, the car went into the limp home mode, and the park brake warning came on. There was no noticeable electrical discharge inside the car.
It was raining heavily, so I drove on until the rain stopped. Then, I pulled into a service station and shut the car off and restarted it. It ran OK, with no more warning lamps.
I would expect present cars to behave even better than this, even EVs.
I charged my Ioniq 5 during a severe thunderstorm last summer in Williams, Arizona. No problem.
Electric, gas, diesel, or hydrogen: no “little” car is safe in any weather...