Toyota will transform a 175-acre site in Japan into a ‘prototype city of the future’

The site will house up to 2,000 people and break ground in 2021

Toyota wants to give a new meaning to the term “company town.”

The Japanese auto giant said it will transform the 175-acre site of a former car factory in Japan into a “prototype city of the future” where it can test autonomous vehicles, innovative street design, smart home technology, robotics, and new mobility products on a population of real people who would live there full-time. Read more: