NSTworld Toyota to build prototype 'city of future' at Japan's Mt Fuji
Toyota unveiled the plan at CES, the big technology industry show. The development, to be built at the site of a closed factory, will be called “Woven City” - a reference to Toyota’s start as a loom manufacturing company - and will serve as a home to full-time residents and researchers.
Toyota President and CEO Akio Toyoda reveals plans to build a prototype"city" of the future on a 175-acre site at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan during the Toyota press conference at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2020.
The proposal highlights not only Toyota Chief Executive Akio Toyoda’s ambition, but also the financial and political resources Toyota can bring to bear, especially in its home country. Toyota expects 2,000 people will live at the city initially, with construction slated to start next year. Toyoda called the project “my personal ‘field of dreams.’Toyota said it has commissioned Danish architect Bjarke Ingels to design the community. Ingels’ firm designed the 2 World Trade Center building in New York and Google’s offices in Silicon Valley and London.
Toyota said it is open to partnerships with other companies that want to use the project as a testing ground for technology. - REUTERS
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