World's first 'city of the future' welcomes first residents who'll live there rent-free... but there's a catch
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The world's first 'city of the future' is nearly ready to welcome its first residents. Developed by car maker Toyota, 'Woven City' sits at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan and features at least 11 'smart' homes powered by hydrogen, AI and other technologies.
![[A flying self-driving robotaxi developed by Joby (pictured) will be used to ferry people around the futuristic city]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/17/87933053-14257723-A_flying_self_driving_robotaxi_developed_by_Joby_pictured_will_b-a-26_1736270669326.jpg)
CEO Akio Toyoda said the $10 billion utopia would serve as a 'lab' for innovators to develop the technologies of tomorrow. The city is poised to welcome its first 100 residents, which will be employees, this fall, who will live there for free — though they'll need to already be Toyota employees and work on developing experimental tech for the company.
![['Woven City' sits at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/16/93831753-14257723-image-a-33_1736265653167.jpg)
The program will then expand to 2,200 more people, who will include innovators and their families, parents and pets. Revealing the development at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Toyota unveiled some of the technologies that will be worked on in the city.
![[The city is poised to welcome its first 100 residents in this fall before expanding to 2,200 people, who will include innovators and their families, parents and pets. The streets will be filled with self-driving taxis]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/17/93831757-14257723-The_city_is_poised_to_welcome_its_first_100_residents_in_this_fa-a-28_1736270669394.jpg)
Those will included 'drones that safely escort you home at night,' interactive pet robots to assist the elderly and robots to assist with everyday tasks. 'Autonomous driving will be among the many technologies we intend to develop at Woven City,' Toyoda said at CES.
![[Pictured is what the smart-homes will look like in this futuristic city]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/15/93830601-14257723-image-a-28_1736264809923.jpg)
The above image, released by Toyota, shows the completed area of Woven City. A flying self-driving robotaxi developed by Joby (pictured) will be used to ferry people around the futuristic city. '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.'.
