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在 CES 2025 的丰田发布会上，丰田宣布 Woven City 已经为第一批居民做好了准备，这是一个大型「生活实验室」，用于探索未来移动项目。

这个项目建立在富士山山脚下的日本静冈县裾野市丰田汽车工厂旧址上，占地面积约 70 公顷，由丰田与设计了两个世贸中心以及 Google 在山景城总部的著名建筑公司 BIG（Bjarke Ingels Group）合作设计。

整个项目分为三个部分，分别是用于探索未来移动方式的交通部分、用于探索未来环保的能源部分以及用于探索未来城市的物联网部分。

在 Woven City 中，丰田根据三种不同的交通方式，将 Woven City 的街道分为三个区域，分别是供自动驾驶汽车行驶的高速道路、仅限行人使用的步行道路，还有个人使用的小型移动装置（自行车、踏板车）道路。

其中，最大的亮点是自动驾驶汽车的专用道路。在这一区域，丰田将测试其自主研发的 e-Palette 自动驾驶技术，同时还将在以氢为主要能源的氢燃料电池汽车上进行深入验证。

此外，Woven City 还会为行动不便的人提供特殊车辆，为想要体验赛车快感的轮椅使用者提供支持。

作为一个「未来城市」，道路虽然是重要的一环，但并非唯一的核心，建筑同样扮演着至关重要的角色。

Woven City 的建筑主要由木材建造，并将在建筑外立面和房屋内配置各种传感器，利用物联网技术将整个城市串联起来，打造数字世界的「万家灯火」，探索未来城市及屋内生活的样本。

此外，建筑的重要性还体现在能源支持上。氢能源作为一种清洁、高效的能源，不仅为自动驾驶汽车提供动力，还将全面支持公共空间的运行，为城市的可持续发展奠定基础。

未来的城市一角，除了人类和汽车外，还有一个必要的角色——机器人。

Woven City 将部署一定数量的机器人，通过城市中无处不在的传感器和物联网技术，实现与环境的深度互动。这些机器人将广泛参与公共空间管理、医疗服务以及家庭生活，承担多样化的功能，探索机器人在未来生活中可能扮演的具体角色和功能，为未来城市的全面发展提供宝贵的实践经验。

Woven City 听起来也许有些复杂，总而言之，这个项目立足于氢能源、自动驾驶以及机器人三种技术，为未来生活的方方面面设计了一个实验，用丰田董事长 Akio Toyoda 的话讲：

Woven City不仅仅是一个生活、工作和玩耍的地方，更是一个人们可以发明和开发各种新产品和想法的地方，这是一个活生生的实验室，居民愿意参与其中，让发明家有机会在安全、现实生活中的环境中自由测试他们的想法。

整个项目 2021 年正式启动，现在终于准备好接受第一批居民，大约 100 名丰田员工及家属将在今年秋季入住其中，在项目的第一阶段计划总共容纳 360 名居民，其中包括食品服务业务从业者，以及一家自动售货机公司和一家初创公司。

除了在地面建设一座未来城市以外，丰田还将未来发展的目光望向了宇宙。

在 CES 的发布会上，丰田董事长 Akio Toyoda 表示：

未来的移动方式不应该仅限于地球，也不应该仅限于一家汽车公司。

为此，丰田通过子公司 Woven By Toyota 向日本私人航天公司 Interstellar Technologies（IST）投资了大约 70 亿日元（约 4440 万美元），这是一家创立于 2013 年的年轻公司，于 2019 年成功发射了 MOMO-3 火箭，成为日本首枚由私人公司开发并进入太空的液体燃料火箭。

目前，Interstellar Technologies 公司正在全力开发名为 ZERO 的小型轨道运载火箭，目标是将数十公斤级的微型卫星送入近地轨道，为商业卫星提供低成本发射服务。

值得注意的是，丰田此前已涉足太空领域，正在与日本宇宙航空研究开发机构（JAXA）合作开发月球车，以支持 NASA 的阿尔忒弥斯计划。

日本政府也在积极推动其航天产业，计划到 2030 年代初期每年发射 30 枚火箭，并通过补贴支持 Interstellar Technologies 和 Space One 等初创公司。

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