A new company that develops software, including autonomous driving established by Toyota Motor Corporation, wants to showcase a car under development aiming for fully autonomous driving that leaves all operations to the system by the end of the year. I made clear my intention.

Woven Planet Holdings, which was established on the 1st of this month with individual investment by Toyota Motor Corporation and President Akio Toyoda, is mainly engaged in the development of autonomous driving technology and the business of next-generation town development called smart cities. ..



CEO James Kafner, who met online on the 29th, will develop a mechanism to automatically update the software for moving the car using communication like a smartphone, and all driving The company has announced that it wants to showcase the car it is developing for fully autonomous driving, which leaves the operation to the system, on general roads in Tokyo by the end of the year.



On the other hand, regarding next-generation community development, Daisuke Toyoda, Senior Vice President, will be in charge of the smart city project planned in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and will be "an important place to conduct demonstration experiments of new technologies. I want to create a city with friends who share my thoughts. "