A conductor with non spherical shape can have electric field zero inside for example car how it can be explain it

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Dear student, Irrespective of shape of conductor, electrostatics free charges in a conductor always exist only on the surface. That's why, the free charge inside the conductor is zero. And that's why the Electric field Inside the conductor is zero. Regards

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