Toyota Is Building Its Own City Near Mount Fuji
Japanese car company Toyota isn’t just investing in a Silicon Valley-style campus like Google or Apple — it’s building an entirely branded smart city. Toyota initially announced the project in 2020 and, according to Forbes, promised a “city of the future” on a former factory site near Mount Fuji in Japan. “Woven City,” as it’s been dubbed, will be a conscious community as well as a lab for the carmaker to conduct market research on new technology, like autonomous vehicles, smart homes, and AI....