# How does static electricity build up in a car?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-does-static-electricity-build-up-in-a-car/174724>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 3, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-does-static-electricity-build-up-in-a-car/174724 "2021-02-03T15:14:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Diamond06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Diamond06](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Diamond06)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-does-static-electricity-build-up-in-a-car/174724/1 "2021-02-03T15:14:08Z")

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How is static energy build up in a car body ?

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**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-does-static-electricity-build-up-in-a-car/174724/2 "2021-02-03T16:57:12Z")

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Google “car static shock”, all shall be revealed.

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**Author:** ![oldnotdeadyet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a6a055/32.png) [@oldnotdeadyet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldnotdeadyet)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-does-static-electricity-build-up-in-a-car/174724/3 "2021-02-03T19:05:48Z")

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Lend me your car for the weekend and I’ll carefully explore it in detail for an answer.