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Toyota, self-driving dedicated road in Woven City, and underpass.

Feb 22, 2025 by Nikkei

Toyota Motor Corporation opened Woven City, a demonstration city under construction in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, to the press.

The city will have dedicated automated roads and underground passageways for logistics efficiency, and will conduct technology verification in an actual residential environment. the project is scheduled to start in the fall of 2025 or later, and will initially house Toyota employees and related parties, with approximately 2,000 people expected to live in the city in the future. The first phase of the construction area is approximately 47,000 square meters, and the total site area is approximately 710,000 square meters. In the area of automated driving, signal control and vehicle/infrastructure coordination will be demonstrated, and in the area of underground passageways, an automated logistics system that is not affected by weather conditions will be constructed.

Chairman Akio Toyoda stated, “We expect that future mobility will be born from this place. While competitors such as Tesla and Waymo are accelerating their development of self-driving, Toyota will differentiate itself with a unique strategy that combines vehicles and transportation infrastructure.

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Unmanned Taxis on Public Roads in Beijing, China; WeRide Launches New Service

Feb 27, 2025 By Response

Self-driving company WeRide has launched a completely unmanned paid dispatch service in Beijing with its latest robo-taxi, the GXR.This service covers major areas within the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Area, including high-speed rail stations and expressway routes to Beijing Daxing International Airport.

The GXR will be commercially available in October 2024, just four months after its announcement, demonstrating WeRide’s rapid deployment capabilities. This Level 4 automated vehicle features a redundant drive-by-wire system and the world’s first concealed B-pillar, and offers spacious passenger, seating, and cargo space for five passengers. Users can use the WeRide Go app for one-click vehicle dispatch.

WeRide operates robo-taxis in several cities in China and abroad, and plans to expand its fleet in Beijing to several hundred vehicles by 2025.

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Tesla, a U.S. company, applies for a license to provide a taxi dispatch service in preparation for entering the self-driving cab market.

Feb 28, 2025 By NHK

Tesla has applied to California authorities for approval of its car-delivery service, several media outlets reported.This is seen as part of the “Cyber Cab” concept, a self-driving cab that CEO Musk announced last year.

Initially, the company plans to start with chauffeur-driven service, but in the future, the service will evolve into a fully self-driving cab service. The service is scheduled to begin in June of this year in Austin, Texas.

In the U.S., Google-owned Waymo is already operating self-driving cabs in California, and competition is expected to intensify with Tesla’s entry.

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