A social media post claims a dramatic and tragic video shows a battery in an electric vehicle exploding as it charges. This is false. The explosion was caused by a gas cylinder rupturing as it was being refuelled with compressed gas.
A video shared last month on X, formerly known as Twitter, implies an auto explosion was the result of a mishap with an electric car.
raises doubts about the safety of electric vehicles.
The post has been viewed more than 39 thousand times and has been reposted by multiple accounts, including by actor James Woods, whose has been viewed more than 2.5 million times.
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The video, which was captured earlier this year, shows a sudden, violent explosion that propels a large, bright-red tank through a car toward an area below the camera. The tank strikes something out of sight and ricochets back into view, where it strikes a fuel station employee, killing him.
Local news outlets on , which occurred on Feb. 25, 2023, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
The reports say the blast happened at a filling station on Bedil Street in Samarkand.
Turkish television news network A Haber also featured the video in on March 1.
A machine translation of a Facebook by the Department of Emergency Situations of Samarkand region confirms the explosion happened at 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 25, when a Nexia 3 car was being filled with compressed methane gas.
The post includes photos showing the destroyed car and the compressed gas tank that ruptured.
The post from the government agency asked drivers to follow the technical requirements for use of a gas cylinder installed in a vehicle.
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