You are right to an extent.

The title is a bit attention seeking and the actual numbers are less scary: 89 incidents involving cars in 2022, and 118 in 2023.

Spread across a million cars in the UK it is not a lot, but it is a risk and it can cause major problems where lots of cars are parked in small places, like airports.

I am certain an EV was the cause for the recent fire in Luton airport in spite of the nonsensical official cause.