If I remember correctly, and this is going Waaaay back to the show "Discovery 2000" (when naming things 2000 was futuristic): There was a show/discussion about

If I remember correctly, and this is going Waaaay back to the show "Discovery 2000" (when naming things 2000 was futuristic): There was a show/discussion about police cars being armed with ultraviolet lasers and electric probes on the beampath, in order to short-circuit a car's electric system. That's because, according to the TV show, a UV laser creates an ionized channel that is relatively easy for electricity to travel. There's obvious questions here... Like what's the breakdown voltage of this UV channel? How much voltage is applied? What's its feasibility of being mounted on a vehicle? But given this recent article, it seems that yes, it is more than just a negligible effect, given it can steer lightning.