This article is pretty sensational, it's not really a secret. Ducey has been a big proponent of autonomous vehicles, it's known to anyone paying attention. When

This article is pretty sensational, it's not really a secret. Ducey has been a big proponent of autonomous vehicles, it's known to anyone paying attention. When Uber, Waymo, and GM (the 3 biggest autonomous development operations in America) started testing in the Phoenix metro area it was publicly announced. Michigan, Florida, and Georgia also have similarly lassiez faire policies towards autonomous vehicle testing, but most of the action has been around Phoenix because of Ducey's active courting of the autonomous driving industry. In the wake of the Uber incident, a violation of Ducey's trust in Uber's obligation to test responsibly, he has ordered Uber to suspend their operations: https://mobile.twitter.com/biancabuono/status/978428032632279040?s=21 https://mobile.twitter.com/biancabuono/status/97842803263227... Interestingly, cities don't have much power to decide whether, or how, autonomous vehicles can test in their cities. When NY state governor Andrew Cuomo and Cruise Automation jointly announced GM's plan to begin testing in NYC, Bill de Blasio and the mayor's office were surprised, they hadn't heard anything about it, but NYC testing appears to be going ahead anyhow.