The Japanese auto giant Toyota, during its participation in the Consumer Electronics Show CES 2020, revealed plans to build a prototype for the future city named Woven City on a 175-acre site at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan, so that this future city will be a fully interconnected ecosystem supported by hydrogen fuel cells.
Woven City, which is a living laboratory, is home to residents and full-time researchers who will be able to test and develop technologies such as self-control, robots, personal mobility, smart homes and artificial intelligence in a realistic way in the real world environment.
Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota, said: The issue of building an entire city from A to Z, even on a small scale like this, represents a unique opportunity to develop future technologies, including a digital operating system for the city's infrastructure.
"We will be able, through the communication of all people, buildings and vehicles with each other through data and sensors, to test the technology of artificial intelligence connected in both the physical and physical worlds and enhance their capabilities."
While the Japanese company is famous for its cars, it has a greater specialty revolving around robots and personal mobility, and Toyota said: It will invite business and academic partners as well as researchers from all parts of the world to the city, which can accommodate up to 2000 people, including Toyota employees. And their families.
Toyota has indicated that it plans to start work on the site in early 2021, and assigned the city's design mission to the Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, CEO of the Bjarke Ingels group, whose team has designed many notable projects such as the World Trade Center in New York and Google's headquarters in Mountain View.
The Woven City Master Plan includes:
Three types of streets each with a specific type of user, including a street for fast vehicles, a street for low-speed personal transport vehicles such as bicycles and scooters, and a third street for pedestrians only, so that these streets form a network for self-control testing.
Buildings will be predominantly made of wood to reduce carbon emissions so that the city is completely sustainable, with the use of traditional Japanese building techniques and automated production.
The rooftops are covered with solar panels to generate solar energy in addition to the energy generated from hydrogen fuel cells, as well as the presence of local plants and hydroponics throughout the city.
The homes include robotic assistants and sensors to check residents' health, needs and daily lives.
Only autonomous and emissions-free cars will be allowed to walk on major streets, with Toyota electronic license plates used for transportation, delivery and retail.
A park will be added to each neighborhood and a large central park for entertainment as well as a central plaza for social gatherings to bring the community closer, as Toyota believes that promoting human contact will be an equally important aspect of this experience.
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