On February 24th, Toyota Motor Corporation and Woven Planet Holdings, which is a software center for various mobility technology developments within Toyota Group, held a groundbreaking ceremony for “Woven City” on February 23 at the engineering site of Toyota Motor East Japan, formerly known as the East Fuji factory.
In January 2020, Toyota announced the plan for “Woven City” at CES 2020 held in Las Vegas, USA.
“Woven City” is a human-centered city construction project. In this project, Toyota will focus on transforming into a mobility service provider, conducting experimental verifications of new technologies in various fields such as autonomous driving, personal mobility, robots, and artificial intelligence (AI), and will attract global partners and researchers to participate.
“Woven City” will have three types of road networks including dedicated lanes for self-driving vehicles, pedestrian lanes, and lanes for personal mobility devices that are shared for pedestrians and personal mobility devices. In addition, a freight-only road will be constructed underground. In the initial plan, about 360 people, including elderly people, families with children, and inventors will be attracted to move in. In the future, it will accommodate more than 2,000 residents including Toyota employees, and will create an environment in which innovation can be achieved at any time and solve social issues.
🔗Source: Toyota
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