{"id":7205,"date":"2020-01-06T21:10:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T03:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=7205"},"modified":"2020-01-06T21:21:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T03:21:02","slug":"toyota-to-build-prototype-city-of-the-future-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=7205","title":{"rendered":"Toyota to Build Prototype City of the Future in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corporation, speaks at a news conference, where he announced Toyota’s plans to build a prototype city of the future on a 175-acre site at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan, during the 2020 CES in Las Vegas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp <TM<\/a>> said on Monday it plans to build a prototype “city of the future” at the base of Japan’s Mt. Fuji, powered by hydrogen fuel cells and functioning as a laboratory for autonomous cars, “smart homes,” artificial intelligence and other technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toyota unveiled the plan at CES, the big technology industry show. The development, to be built at the site of a factory that is planned to be closed, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toyota did not disclose costs for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executives at many major automakers have talked about how cities of the future could be designed to cut climate-changing emissions from vehicles and buildings, reduce congestion and apply internet technology to everyday life. But Toyota’s plan to build a futuristic community on 175 acres (71 hectares)near Mt. Fuji is a big step beyond what rivals have proposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You know if you build it, they will come.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toyota said it is open to partnerships with other companies that want to use the project as a testing ground for technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Reporting by Jane Lanhee Lee and David Shepardson; Writing by Joe White; Editing by Dan Grebler)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watch the 30 second Woven City YouTube video by clicking HERE<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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