Set just miles away from Mount Fuji on Honshū Island, Japan, Woven City is designed to be a sustainable utopia. First announced in 2021, Toyota has been diligently building the city, with the first residents expected to move in by year-end. This development coincides with progress on other megacity projects worldwide.
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If reports are to go by, Woven City will be a living laboratory for Toyota’s experiments with renewable and energy-efficient self-driving vehicles, known as ‘E-palettes’. These vehicles will travel through the city on separate roads, distinct from pedestrian and cyclist paths. Toyota aims to use data from Woven City to improve its understanding of…