The Toyota car giant has officially launched the first phase of its futuristic project, Woven City in Central Japan. It must “coexist” autonomous vehicles and robots. Intelligent infrastructure will be used in real termsto serve residents, BTA reports Reuters.
The project is developing at the foot of Mount Fuji, in the city of Susono, Prefecture Shizuoka. In the original area of about 47,000 square meters, the first households have already settled, and by the end of the phase about 300 people connected to Toyota will live there.
At a later stage, the area will be expanded to nearly 300,000 square meters, with Over 2000 residents – employees, partners, and from 2026 – members of the general public will be admitted.
“I want to create a safe and secure society of mobility through complete integration of vehicles and infrastructure“said Daisuke Toyoda, Senior Vice President of the Woven by Toyota Inc. son of the chairman of the company Akio Toyodaduring the opening ceremony.
The test city infrastructure includes roads for autonomous cars, traffic lights with sensors and camerasas well as a network of underground tunnels for tests isolated from external conditions such as dust and sunlight. This allows for testing technologies for self -governmentthat cannot be tested on public roads because of legal restrictions.
Among the innovations are adaptive traffic lightswhich regulate their frequency according to the flow of pedestrians and vehicles, and experiments to coordinate between infrastructure and autonomous cars for the sofa and efficient movement.
Toyota partnered with seven companies outside the automotive industry, including Nissin Foods Holdings, Daikin Industries, Interstellar Technologies.
Nissin, for example, explores the opportunity to open a restaurant with personalized dishes according to the client’s age and gender.
With the “City of Connection” project, Toyota continues transformation your traditional carmaker in an innovative mobile company focusing on connected, autonomous, shared and electric vehicles.
However, the project also raises questions. With the growing Depending on sensors and intelligent devices. Some experts express fears regarding the confidentiality of personal data And the security of the systems – problems that will be key before the wider perception of the so -called. “intelligent cities”.
The idea of the “City of Connection” was presented by Akio Toyoda during its exhibition and the EU (Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in 2020.
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