Toyota Motor Corporation and Woven Planet Holdings, Inc., responsible for a wide range of Mobility Development Projects, held a foundation bookmark ceremony for the construction of Woven City on February 23 on an old car court, adjacent to the former Higashi Fuji Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc.
As reported by Speedme.ru, along with the governor of the prefecture of Sizoucuok, Kendie Kawakatsu, the mayor of Sussen Koleji Takakuura and other guests representing the local community, at the ceremony at the Toyota Akio Toyoda, General Director of Woven Planet James Kaffner, President Tmej Kazuhiro Miyauti, and also Many other persons related to the project. Together, the leaders expressed hope for a prosperous start of construction.
Recall that WOVEN CITY is a fully connected ecosystem operating on hydrogen fuel cells. Designed as a "Live Laboratory", Woven City will serve as a house for permanent residents and researchers who can test and develop such technologies as autonomy, robotics, mobility, smart home and artificial intelligence in real conditions.
"Creating a whole city from scratch, even on such a small scale, is a unique opportunity to develop future technologies, including a digital operating system for urban infrastructure. People, buildings and vehicles are connected with each other and interact with each other. With the help of data and sensors, we will be able to test artificial intelligence technology in both virtual and physical spheres by maximizing its potential, "said Akio Toyoda, President Toyota Motor Corporation.
For the design of Woven City Toyota, I used the services of the Danish architect by Bjarke Ingels, General Director of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). His team in BIG has developed many loud projects: from 2 World Trade Center in New York and Lego House in Denmark to Google Mountain View and headquarters in London.
To move residents in the city on the main transport highways, only completely autonomous vehicles with zero emissions will be allowed. All over Woven City Autonomous Electronic Toyota Machines will be used for transportation and delivery, as well as for mobile retail.
Woven City will have three types of roads intertwined with each other: one is intended for autonomous vehicles, the second - for pedestrians, and the third - for pedestrians with personal mobile machines. There will also be one underground road for the carriage of goods. Initially, about 360 people will live in the city, mostly older people, families with young children and inventors, and ultimately it will grow to more than 2,000 people, including Toyota employees. Woven City infrastructure is aimed at creating a medium in which inventions capable of solving social problems.