Albuquerque Ride introduced its first electric bus on Jan. 30. This was a part of Mayor Tim Keller’s pre-pandemic plan to move Albuquerque to 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.
Rick De Reyes, a public information officer at ABQ Ride said, “This is part of Mayor Keller and the city’s overall plan to make Albuquerque a 100 percent renewable energy city by 2030. The city had already planned before the pandemic to lease one electric bus before the purchase, in order to test it out on Albuquerque’s roadways.”
Nathen Begay is an advanced public lands transportation fellow at the Valle de Oro national wildlife refuge. Begay has advocated for improvements in public transit in Albuquerque in the past and looks forward to an eco-friendly transit system.