This topic is what I teach on a Process Safety and Loss Prevention MSc, previously as a Risk Consultant in the Insurance world, so please bear with.
No mention of age of vehicles affected in those stats though.
And that's important. The EVs are likely to have an average age much less than the ICE cars, some of which will have reached a wearout phase in many components. These stats are not comparing apples with apples.
Yes, there may be a lower incidence of EV fires BUT, the consequences of an EV fire can be much higher.
Again, that's important. Risk = Likelihood x Consequence. Therefore even if the likelihood of an EV fire is much less than and ICE fire, the higher consequence is likely to mean the risks are comparable. And if the likelihood of EV fires is actually higher (once age of vehicles is taken into account) then the risk from EV fires is likely to be higher than the risk from ICE fires.
I've got one of each, so I'm obviously hedging my bets
