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This is a link to a government commissioned paper by Arup. It explains the issue with lithium ion batteries. It is true that you can submerge a lithium ion battery that is on fire in water, pull it out an hour later and it will still burn...

Cost and space for a tank are the most likely reasons. You’d think that for business continuity reasons of running an airport that they’d choose to sprinkler it. The guidance on car park design in relation to fire is completely out of date. It’s based on tests done in about the 1950s. Back...

As I understand it, car fires normally start with an electrical fault, spread to the seats and plastic interiors and only once they’ve really got going is the fuel at risk of igniting. With a sprinkler system it should have operated before the fuel is involved. This will drench the surrounding...

You can have a water sprinkler system in a car park. It might not extinguish the fire but it should stop it spreading.

No requirement for one under guidance.