evidence: Two electric vehicles collide on the highway, causing a massive explosion. [...] Several social media users are circulating a video of what appears to be a major accident on a highway, claiming that the explosion happened when two electric vehicles (EVs) collided. "An incredible video, showing what can happen when two EVs collide. Note that both sides of the freeway have been shut down and there are no fire apparatus present because, once a lithium battery ignites, it cannot be easily extinguished and the fumes are toxic," read a Whatsapp forward. We received this claim on our tipline (+91999949904), requesting it to be fact-checked. [...] An old video of an accident between a truck carrying gas cylinders and a bus on a Russian highway falsely claimed to show an explosion when two EVs collided.