Toyota is most known for its automobiles, but the company also created a smart city with pretty lofty goals, situated in a very particular location.

Japan's Woven City has been highlighted as a smart city that could inspire the future. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11 calls for governments to build or transform cities to be ...

SUSONO, Japan (AP) — Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to test everyday living with robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous zero-emissions transportation.

Located in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on the former site of Toyota’s Higashi-Fuji Plant, Woven City spans approximately 50,000 square meters (12 acres) in its initial phase.

SUSONO, Japan (AP) — Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to test everyday living with robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous zero-emissions transportation.

Woven City, with an estimated cost of £8 billion ($10.13 billion), is nearly complete. According to Toyota, the first residents will move in by the end of 2024, allowing experts to gather crucial ...

However, it appears that Woven City is actually going somewhere (well, that’s according to their savvy PR). Construction started in early 2021 and is set to finish in summer 2024.

Woven by Toyota was announced five years ago by Toyoda at CES as a "prototype city of the future," located on a 175-acre site at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan to test and develop new emerging ...