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Five years ago, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda went to CES to share his “personal dream space” with the world. build a prototype city On 175 hectares at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, people will live and work among all of Toyota’s projects, including autonomous vehicle technology, robotics, smart home connectivity technology and artificial intelligence.
Toyoda will return to the annual tech show in Las Vegas this year and finally unveil its “living lab” called Woven City. The Toyota press conference will be held in which the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Toyoda, will play the leading role January 6 at 1pm PT/4pm ET during CES media day. The presentation will be broadcast live on the company’s website.
In a video that teases an upcoming showcaseToyoda wears a hard hat and safety vest as he enters a modern high-rise building. He reaches the top floor and then removes the protective window covering, pointing to Mount Fuji in the background and shouting, “Welcome to Woven City!” he shouts.
Details are slim on exactly what will unfold. Originally announced in 2020, TechCrunch will monitor how startups will be incorporated into the Woven City and whether Toyota follows through on plans to build a fully connected ecosystem powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
