Just after the halfway point of the second race on the Brooklyn Street Circuit, Evans was battling with Mahindra's Alexander Sims, who had just been cleared by Stoffel Vandoorne and was trying to keep hold of third.
Evans, meanwhile, had de Vries chasing him as the trio ran up to the Turn 10 hairpin, with Sims sealed to the inside line around the corner to force Evans on the outside.
De Vries then saw an opportunity and managed to dive down the inside of Evans, which resulted in a slight shoulder-barge with the Jaguar driver as the Dutchman also tapped Sims on the exit - which nearly put the Briton into a spin.
Recalling the incident, Evans reckoned that the move "wasn't on" and disagreed with de Vries's decision to make the pass. "I think [Sims] had some battery temp or energy problems, so I got up to him and he was defending pretty hard to be honest," Evans reflected. "It went on for a few corners and so I sort of struggled to get by straight away and then, once into Turn 10, he defended quite hard. "Nyck decided to make a really late move on me and almost took out Alexander.