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Gallup Municipal Airport could reopen as a vehicle testing hub
Self-driving cars may soon be coming to Gallup. Autonomous cars were on the agenda for the March 2 McKinley County Commission meeting.
Michael Sage, the deputy director of the Gallup Economic Development Corporation, made a presentation about autonomous cars. He talked about self-driving vehicles being tested in Gallup. He also mentioned the possibility of reopening the Gallup Municipal Airport to air passenger service and using it as a mobility hub for autonomous vehicle testing.
Tesla came to the EDC in 2013 thinking that Gallup would be a great strategic location for testing autonomous cars, because of its...