In 2019, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller unveiled the first electric vehicles in the city’s fleet. In 2022, the first five electric buses started their routes around the city.
But in the present, gas still rules the lot, despite goals to make fleets more environmentally friendly. Supply chain issues, compounded by restrictions on publicly funded vehicle purchases, have made fleet electrification more difficult.
“We are trying to purchase as many [EVs] as we can,” New Mexico Department of Transportation Highway Operations Support Division Director John Romero said. “But at the end of the day, we need to continue with business. We need vehicles, and right now we’re really just trying to purchase what we can get our hands on.”
-via Albuquerque Journal