Toyota to transfer 175-acres at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Japan into a “prototype city of the future”. Here, they will test autonomous vehicles, innovative street design, smart home technology, robotics, and new mobility products on a population of 2,000 people, majority of employees and their families.
Similarly, Alphabet Inc. plans to spend 1.3 billion dollars on its Sidewalk Labs project (a smart city subsidiary) in hopes of spurring $38 billion in investments by 2040.
Q: What are some of your predictions for future sites and would you be part of this experiment?