Five years ago, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda went to CES to show the world his “personal dream field” – a plan to build a prototype city on a 175-hectare site at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, where people will live. and work across all Toyota projects, including autonomous vehicle technology, robotics, smart home connected technology, and AI. Toyoda will return to CES, the annual technology trade show in Las Vegas this year to finally open a “living laboratory,” called Woven City. Toyota’s press conference, in which Chairman Toyoda will be the star, will be held at 1 pm PT / 4 pm ET on January 6 during the CES media day. The presentation will be streamed live on the company’s website. In a video teasing the upcoming show, Toyoda wears a hard hat and safety vest as he enters the modern multi-story building. He came to the top floor and then removed the protective cover from the window, revealing Mount Fuji in the background and shouted “Welcome to Woven City!” Details are slim on exactly what will be revealed. TechCrunch, which is in the early 2020 announcement, will be watching to see how startups will be integrated into the Woven City and whether Toyota follows through on its plans to build a fully connected ecosystem with hydrogen fuel cells.