Toyota to build prototype city of the future
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Toyota has revealed plans to build a prototype city of the future on a 4,046sqm site at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan.


Envisioned as a 'living laboratory', the Woven City will serve as a home to full-time residents and researchers who will be able to test and develop technologies such as autonomy, robotics, personal mobility, smart homes and artificial intelligence in a real-world environment.
The masterplan of the city includes segregation of street usage into three types based on vehicle speed, with specific streets set aside for personal mobility devices and pedestrians, as well as a pedestrians only park-like promenade. These three street types will form an organic grid pattern to help accelerate the testing of autonomous driving technology.
The city is planned to be fully sustainable, with buildings made mostly of wood to minimise their carbon footprint, using traditional Japanese wood joinery, combined with robotic production methods. The rooftops will be covered in photovoltaic panels to generate solar power in addition to the power generated by hydrogen fuel cells. Toyota plans to weave in the outdoors throughout the city with native vegetation and hydroponics.
Residences will be equipped with the latest in human support technologies, such as in-home robotics to assist with daily living. The homes will use sensor-based artificial intelligence to check their occupants' health and take care of basic needs to enhance daily life, creating an opportunity to deploy connected technology.
To move residents through the city, only fully-autonomous, zero-emission vehicles will be allowed on the main thoroughfares. In and throughout the Woven City, autonomous Toyota e-Palettes will be used for transportation and deliveries, as well as for changeable mobile retail.
Toyota plans to populate the Woven City with Toyota Motor Corporation employees and their families, retired couples, retailers, visiting scientists, and industry partners. The plan is for 2000 people to start, with more being added as the project evolves. The groundbreaking for the site is planned for early 2021.
Toyota has revealed plans to build a prototype city of the future on a 4,046sqm site at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan.


Envisioned as a 'living laboratory', the Woven City will serve as a home to full-time residents and researchers who will be able to test and develop technologies such as autonomy, robotics, personal mobility, smart homes and artificial intelligence in a real-world environment.
The masterplan of the city includes segregation of street usage into three types based on vehicle speed, with specific streets set aside for personal mobility devices and pedestrians, as well as a pedestrians only park-like promenade. These three street types will form an organic grid pattern to help accelerate the testing of autonomous driving technology.
The city is planned to be fully sustainable, with buildings made mostly of wood to minimise their carbon footprint, using traditional Japanese wood joinery, combined with robotic production methods. The rooftops will be covered in photovoltaic panels to generate solar power in addition to the power generated by hydrogen fuel cells. Toyota plans to weave in the outdoors throughout the city with native vegetation and hydroponics.
Residences will be equipped with the latest in human support technologies, such as in-home robotics to assist with daily living. The homes will use sensor-based artificial intelligence to check their occupants' health and take care of basic needs to enhance daily life, creating an opportunity to deploy connected technology.
To move residents through the city, only fully-autonomous, zero-emission vehicles will be allowed on the main thoroughfares. In and throughout the Woven City, autonomous Toyota e-Palettes will be used for transportation and deliveries, as well as for changeable mobile retail.
Toyota plans to populate the Woven City with Toyota Motor Corporation employees and their families, retired couples, retailers, visiting scientists, and industry partners. The plan is for 2000 people to start, with more being added as the project evolves. The groundbreaking for the site is planned for early 2021.
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