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Woven City: Aiming to Create a City Where People Live Happily
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The Woven City project, first announced in
January 2020. A safety prayer ceremony was
held on October 10, 2022, officially kicking off
construction. Woven City will demonstrate
cutting edge technologies in such areas as
automated driving, mobility as a service
(MaaS), personal mobility, robotics, smart
homes, and artificial intelligence (AI) in a real
living environment. Using Woven City as a test
course for mobility, we aim to create new
systems and services that will contribute to
"well-being for all."
Building on Our History
of Manufacturing
Woven City will be constructed on the site of
Toyota Motor East Japan's former Higashi-Fuji
Plant, which was a pillar of production for Toyota
for 53 years, starting in 1967. At its peak, the
plant had about 2,000 employees, and a total of
around 7,000 individuals worked there over its
history, producing such vehicles as the Toyota
Century, Toyota's flagship chauffeur car infused
with Toyota craftsmanship, and the JPN Taxi, a
car that requires many times the durability of an
ordinary passenger car.
The concept for Woven City can be traced
back to the Great East Japan Earthquake in
2011. President Akio Toyoda sought to create
jobs for the region's people, who were hit hard-
est by the disaster, by creating a third base of
operations in the Tohoku region. Guided by his
strong leadership, Toyota established Toyota Motor
East Japan, Inc. in 2012. However, this also led to
the difficult decision to close the Higashi-Fuji Plant.
Looking for a way to carry on the Higashi-Fuji
Plant's legacy of manufacturing to help create
future mobility for the next 50 years, he arrived at
the idea of transforming the site into a test course
that is woven into the fabric of daily life.
Aiming to Expand Mobility
At Woven City, we aim to make people happy by
expanding what mobility can do for human beings
and building systems that will create novel value. In
addition to the mobility of people, goods, and infor-
mation, we emphasize that mobility also has an
emotional component and represents feelings,
such as being moved. Through mobility that con-
nects human hearts, Woven City will help us invent
the technologies and services that will become the
future fabric of life, constantly evolving alongside
the inventors who live there and our partners.
A Test Course for Toyota as a Mobility Company
Woven City will be a kind of test course, enabling
us to rapidly implement development and demon-
stration cycles for diverse forms of mobility in both
the virtual and the real world. For example, to
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"Within Reach If You Just
Keep Climbing": Akio's
Message on Woven City
achieve safe mobility, Woven City will comprise
three types of roads, woven together like warp and
weft: paths for people, roads shared by people and
personal mobility devices, and roads for autono-
mous vehicles. We will use these roads to advance
the integrated three-part development of automat-
ed driving at the levels of people, vehicles, and the
traffic environment. Guided by the three concepts
of "human-centered," "a living laboratory," and the
"ever-evolving city," Woven City will demonstrate
technologies from logistics to energy, food, and
agriculture as it grows into a test course conducive
to the timely generation of new inventions that
address social issues.
One such initiative is the hydrogen refueling sta-
tion to be built by ENEOS adjacent to Woven City.
The station will produce CO2-free hydrogen for sup-
ply to both fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVS) and to
Woven City. Using Woven City as a living laboratory,
we will demonstrate a supply chain across the pro-
duction, transportation, and use of hydrogen, taking
new steps toward achieving carbon neutrality.
Carrying on a Commitment to
"Human-centered" Operations
The name "Woven City" comes from Toyota's origins
in automatic looms. Toyota Group founder Sakichi
Toyoda was driven to invent an automatic loom out
of a desire to make his mother's work easier. We
have guarded and nurtured this spirit of service to
others ever since. Woven City will take up this com-
mitment from the Higashi-Fuji Plant, growing and
evolving as the foundation for a new era at Toyota.
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