At CES 2025, Toyota announced the completion of Phase 1 construction at Toyota Woven City, its advanced location to test mobility innovation. The official launch of Phase 1 is expected later this year. Toyota introduced the Woven City concept at CES 2020 – a couple of years after announcing it would seek to become a mobility company – with the location designed to drive Toyota’s long-term vision for future mobility.
Woven City – which is being developed in collaboration with Woven by Toyota, a mobile technology subsidiary of Toyota – is envisioned as a hub where ‘Inventors’—Toyota, Toyota Group companies, external firms, startups, and entrepreneurs—can develop and validate new mobility technologies. It is aimed at providing an environment equipped with advanced tools and services to address societal challenges.
Alongside launch preparations, work is ongoing to develop a manufacturing hub and groundwork for Phase 2 has commenced. A number of businesses are already confirmed to be included at Woven City and additional startups, universities, and research institutions will be invited through an accelerator program launching in summer 2025.
Toyota says that residents in Woven City, will play a key role in co-creation activities. The initial wave of residents – about 100 Toyota and Woven by Toyota staff and their families – will join late in 2025, with the community gradually expanding to accommodate around 360 people in Phase 1. Eventually, the city is projected to host approximately 2,000 residents across multiple phases.
Woven City will serve as a testing ground for Toyota’s transformation into a mobility company. The company says that it will expand beyond transportation to encompass the movement of people, goods, information, and energy. Phase 1 spans approximately 50,000 square metres, with plans to expand to 708,000 square metres in the future.
Woven City will serve as a testing ground for Toyota’s transformation into a mobility company.
Source: Motor Trader e-Magazine (February 2025)
15 March 2025