Arizona emerged a self-driving hotbed before Uber’s deadly crash


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 21 Mar 2018

A man operates a self driving Volvo vehicle, purchased by Uber, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 1, 2017. Photo taken on December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Natalie Behring

The technology behind autonomous vehicles has originated from coders in Silicon Valley, engineers in Detroit and academic researchers in Pittsburgh. 

Much of it eventually lands on the streets of Arizona, a state that’s done more than any other to welcome tests of unproven self-driving software to public roads. 

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