Toyota presented its “Woven City,” a futuristic and ecological city worth 10 billion dollars in Shizuoka, Japan. The main goal is innovation, and they are looking for people to test all the new technology.
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The project was announced five years ago and was revealed during a presentation at CES 2025 by Toyota's president, Akio Toyoda, reported What's The Jam.
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Woven City covers 12 acres and is promoted as a "living laboratory" where people will be a kind of guinea pigs testing technologies related to mobility, urban life, and sustainability.
"Woven City is more than just a place to live, work, and play," Toyota stated during the presentation. "It is a place where people can invent and develop all kinds of new products and ideas."
The first phase will begin in the fall and the "guinea pigs" will be 100 people, mainly Toyota employees along with their family members.
They will start with 100 "residents" to expand to 2,000.
Over time, the expansion could reach up to 2,000 people as the project progresses. The individuals will live in a high-tech environment, and everything is designed based on experimentation.
"It is a living laboratory where residents voluntarily participate, providing inventors with the opportunity to freely test their ideas in a safe and real environment," Toyoda said at CES.
In addition to technological advancements, Toyota wants communities to collaborate in problem-solving.
"Woven City is a testing ground for mobility where inventors who share the commitment to work for others can develop, test, and validate innovative products and services," Toyota said in a statement. The car company aims to create "the setting of the future."