TOKYO, Sept 25 — Top-selling carmaker Toyota opened its new high-tech village in Japan today, an experimental project to test autonomous driving and other futuristic developments.
It is touted as a real-life setting in which to trial myriad inventions, from flying taxis to robot pets and drones that escort you home at night.
Around 360 Toyota staff and others related to the company will soon move in to smart homes in its “Woven City”.
“This is a test course for the future, not just a town,” Toyota’s chairman Akio Toyoda told an opening event, according to national broadcaster NHK.
The courtyard of Toyota Motor Corporation's ‘Woven City’ and the self-driving electric vehicle (EV) ‘e-Palette’ (right) are pictured in the city of Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture September 25, 2025. — AFP pic
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