Leaders in the electric vehicle industry discussed the future of clean energy and transportation at a conference on Tuesday. Stakeholders shared statistics about the current state of EV infrastructure including charging stations and electric vehicle production and discussed equity concerns, and cooperation between utilities and electric companies.

Six school districts in Indiana will get money from the federal government to buy 13 electric buses and six propane buses.

Local transportation networks will receive added money to plan from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization.

EVs for EVV electric vehicle show featured up to 40 EVs cars, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles alongside Evansville Road Knights Classic Car Show

The Marion General Motors plant has been making car parts since 1956. It began by making the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air. And, it was once the sole provider of head rests for all GM vehicles nationwide.

Last month, the state released a map of where it hopes to place EV chargers using the money from the federal infrastructure law — with more than half in "disadvantaged communities." But the Indiana Alliance for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure and Economic Opportunities said few of those communities were racially or ethnically diverse.

Ultium Cells a joint venture between LG Energy Solutions and General Motors has submitted a county tax abatement application for the proposed plant, which would be built near New Carlisle.

The Charge Ahead Partnership said when funding for the federal program to create an EV charging network runs out, businesses like gas stations and other retail stores may not be able to afford paying up to $200,000 per charger.

Nearly 60 percent of the chargers would be located in disadvantaged or rural communities. But disadvantaged can mean many things -- it doesn't have to mean racial or ethnic diversity.

The venture announced Tuesday plans to spend more than $2.5 billion on the plant in Kokomo that will supply electric battery modules for a range of vehicles produced at Stellantis' North American assembly plants.