Japan First part of Toyota's city of the future completed
Toyota boss Akio Toyoda announces the completion of the first section of the car manufacturer's planned future city "Woven City". At the foot of Mount Fuji, 2000 researchers, Toyota employees and retirees are to live.
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On the fringes of the CES technology trade fair in Las Vegas, Toyota boss Akio Toyoda expresses his company's interest in rocket technology and space travel.
Image: Keystone
Toyota boss Akio Toyoda announces the completion of the first section of the car manufacturer's planned future city "Woven City". At the foot of Mount Fuji, 2000 researchers, Toyota employees and retirees are to live.
Image: Keystone
On the fringes of the CES technology trade fair in Las Vegas, Toyota boss Akio Toyoda expresses his company's interest in rocket technology and space travel.
Image: Keystone
After three years of construction, Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has completed the first section of its city of the future in Japan, called Woven City.
07.01.2025, 03:46
SDA
Over time, around 2,000 residents will move into the city, including researchers, Toyota employees and retirees, said company boss Akio Toyoda on the sidelines of the CES technology trade fair in Las Vegas.
The Japanese car manufacturer also announced Woven City on the site of a former factory at the foot of Mount Fuji at CES five years ago.
The idea behind it is to create a place where technologies of the future can be tried out in everyday life. This includes, for example, robots for the elderly and small drones with lanterns that can accompany you when you go jogging. Toyota's autonomous shuttles are to be used for transportation.
Toyoda also emphasized that the Group is also interested in rocket technology. "Because the future of mobility should not just be reduced to Earth - or a single car company," he said with an obvious dig at tech billionaire Elon Musk, who runs the electric car market leader Tesla and the space travel company SpaceX, among others. Toyota's first step was to invest in the Japanese rocket company Interstellar Technologies.
