Toyota looks to open futuristic city at Mt Fuji base this yr
Business Standard|January 08, 2025
Toyota Motor plans to move in the first 100 residents of a futuristic city at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan by as soon as this fall, but declined to specify how much the ambitious project is costing the company.
Toyota looks to open futuristic city at Mt Fuji base this yr

The initial residents of Woven City will be composed mostly of the carmaker's own employees and their families, and will gradually expand to about 2,000 residents as part of its initial phases, Toyota said.

"This year, residents will begin to move in as we slowly bring Woven City to life," Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda said at a press conference at CES in Las Vegas. "We aim to accelerate the pace at which new technologies can be tested and developed at Woven City."

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