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

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