Toyota has decided to embark on a pharaonic project with the ambition of building a living laboratory, full size to develop, test, experiment and why not validate the technologies of tomorrow.
To imagine the city of the future, nothing like building it. This is what Toyota will do, which will build its own city to anticipate and prepare for tomorrow.
From 2021, at the foot of the majestic Mount Fuji, snow-capped volcano and emblem of Japan, will literally spring from the earth on a 70 hectare site, from nothing, a futuristic city called Woven city, literally the woven city. It is the iconic brand of cars, Toyota which has therefore decided to embark on this pharaonic project with one ambition: to build a living laboratory, full size to develop, test, experiment and why not validate the technologies of tomorrow.
What will this city of the future look like?
Unsurprisingly, it is a 100% green city with, of course, abundant vegetation, housing built from sustainable wood. powered by solar panels and hydrogen fuel cells. To move around, autonomous cars. They are entitled to a reserved lane, another is intended for bicycles and scooters and the last for pedestrians. While in the sky floats a colony of drones responsible for supplying households and businesses.
Of course, there is no question of designing the future without hyper connection, without an ubiquitous artificial intelligence and without a battery of sensors to facilitate the existence of its occupants. They will also have at their disposal a string of companion robots to exempt them from household chores. Toyota will therefore take the opportunity to test a secure connection technology, protecting everyone's data and privacy.
Who will live in this city?
For the launch, Toyota is counting on 2,000 inhabitants, mainly employees with their families, but also retired couples, traders, observing scientists and industrial partners who will come to offer their innovations there. The video presentation reveals a completely artificial city where everything seems perfect. So, heavenly or creepy this city? Those who will live there will therefore be the guinea pigs of this world of tomorrow responsible for wiping the plasters of the technologies of the future. What luck but also good luck! Finally, it will be necessary to think about the essential, at the time of rendering the verdict, the quality of life, because this model city may well be school tomorrow.