Chairman Toyoda

Homes in the Woven City will eventually serve as test sites for future technology such as in-home robotics, to assist with daily life.

In fact, we're currently developing robots that learn everyday tasks through camera assisted, human demonstration.

For example, folding clothes… is one task we take very seriously in Japan… and Asia for that matter…as you can see…

So here's one of our team members using hand held cameras to show our robots the Japanese way to fold a t-shirt… and now here's the robot the next day… after studying the data that was sent to it… it's learned overnight, how to execute a three-point fold… perfectly!

This is just one example of the kind of technology we imagine being developed and road tested at Woven City.

Autonomy is another… including autonomous logistics and autonomous transportation with our e-Palette.

Now, between you and me… as Toyota's Master Driver, I've personally thought autonomous vehicles were a bit… you know… boring… until our team showed me these two Toyota race cars that drift autonomously…

I mean, as the kids would say… that slaps… and I'm totally here for it!

So autonomous driving will be among the many technologies we intend to develop at Woven City, including Artificial Intelligence.

Among other things, we hope to use AI to help expand the reach of Woven City… allowing people to virtually interact with the city and its projects.

They're also trying to make a virtual avatar of me at Woven City… but clearly… that's a work in progress!

I have to say, that from the day we broke ground in 2021… Woven City has been a true labor of love for our team members at Woven by Toyota… an independent company we created to support this project.

With 2,200 team members… from over 60 different countries around the world….

Woven By Toyota's mission is to create human centric technologies… expanding mobility… and well-being for all.

This includes a new operating system for cars… called Arene… a Digital Twin platform… which replicates real world environments… and Vision AI… which combines video data analysis with artificial intelligence to better understand the movement behavior of people and objects.

By utilizing both real and digital environments, we aim to accelerate the pace at which new technologies can be tested and developed at Woven City.

Chairman Toyoda

Now… I know what you're thinking… will this Woven City make Toyota any money?

Well… maybe not! But that's ok.

Because as global citizens, I believe Toyota has a responsibility to invest in our collective future… to share what we've learned with others… and support new ideas that benefit the planet and its people.

And that, more than anything else… is why we created Woven City.

It's also why this summer we're launching a pitch competition for fully funded “scholarships" to the Woven City for start-ups or individuals who need financial support to bring their ideas to life.

We believe that by combining Toyota's strengths… with those from different industries… we'll be able to create new value, new products and new services, we could never achieve on our own.

We think of it as invention by kakezan…or invention by multiplication. Because when it comes to what's possible when we work together… the sky's the limit!

And speaking of sky, we're exploring rockets too… because the future of mobility shouldn't be limited to just earth… or just one car company for that matter!

^{*With an eye on expanding mobility from land, sea, and air to space, Woven by Toyota is set to invest in Interstellar Technologies Inc., and leverage Toyota's expertise to support the mass production of rockets.}

Toyota, if you didn't know, will soon be celebrating its 100th year anniversary… not as a car company… but as the inventor of the world's first automatic loom.

That's right. We didn't start out by making cars, we began by weaving fabric. That's why we think of the future residents of Woven City… as Weavers.

Because much like test drivers for cars… our residents will be the ones who use and experience the new products and services our inventors develop… and will play a critical role in pulling all the threads together.

For me… at its core… Woven City is about collaboration… it's about the opportunity to weave together diverse points of view, talents and abilities… to create a new kind of fabric for our future.

A future… where we hope to not only move people… but move hearts.

So today, I say… to anyone… in any corner of the world… inspired or excited… to make a difference… make a change… or make it count… please consider this… your official invitation, to join us at Woven City.

Thank you very much.