Apparently, Google had been lobbying the state of Nevada for this. It's very interesting to read this Scientific American article from late May (mentions Googl

Apparently, Google had been lobbying the state of Nevada for this. It's very interesting to read this Scientific American article from late May (mentions Google's lobbying efforts): http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=google-driverless-robot-car http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=google-driv... Edit: NY Times article talking about this more directly ... http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11drive.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11drive.html?_r=1