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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Vinay Patel

Toyota's $9.9B 'Robo City' Near Mt. Fuji Almost Ready To Welcome 2,000 Residents by 2024 End

A Utopia at the Foot of a Volcano: Inside Toyota's High-Tech Woven City (Credit: Woven-city.global)

A highly automated utopia is preparing for residents to move in as part of a "mass experiment" at the foot of the iconic Mount Fuji, Japan. The place, called Woven City, has been under construction since 2021, with major car brand Toyota as the major proponent.

The futuristic city will serve as a "living laboratory" for Toyota to test its self-driving, sustainable E-palette vehicles. To gather data on how people move around the city, the first 2,000 residents are expected to arrive by year's end as part of an £8 billion initiative.

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