Toyota plans 175-acre Woven City in Japan as living tech test bed

Toyoda — Toyota President Akio Toyoda appeared on stage Monday with Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, who is designing Woven City. (Lindsay VanHulle)

Larry P. Vellequette

Lindsay VanHulle

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January 06, 2020 09:10 PM

LAS VEGAS — Toyota will build a 175-acre hydrogen-powered test city beginning next year at the base of Japan's Mount Fuji to study the interactions of a number of cutting-edge technologies, including autonomous transportation, robotics and artificial intelligence.

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