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The claim

Video shows an electric (EV) car exploding in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The video does not show an EV explosion in Uttar Pradesh. The review identifies it as a car bomb blast in Sevastopol, Russian-controlled Crimea, in November 2024, which killed Russian naval officer Valery Trankovsky.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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