丰田计划在富士山脚下建设“未来之城”

Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it planned to build a prototype “city of the future” at the base of Japan’s Mt. Fuji, powered by hydrogen fuel cells and functioning as a laboratory for autonomous cars, “smart homes,” artificial intelligence and other technologies.

丰田汽车公司于本周一表示，他们计划在日本富士山脚下建造一座“未来之城”的原型，该原型由氢燃料电池驱动，可作为自动驾驶汽车、“智能家居”、人工智能和其他技术的实验室。

Toyota unveiled the audacious plan for what it will call “Woven City,” in a reference to its origins as a loom manufacturer, at the big annual technology industry show, CES.

在一年一度的大型科技产业展(CES)上，丰田(Toyota)公布了这一大胆的计划，称其为“编织城市”(weave City)。

“It’s hard to learn something about a smart city if you are only building a smart block,” James Kuffner, chief executive officer for the Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, told Reuters.

丰田高级发展研究院(Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development)首席执行官詹姆斯?库夫纳(James Kuffner)对路透社(Reuters)表示:“如果你只是建造一个智能街区，那么你很难了解一个智慧城市。”

The “Woven City” idea, under discussion for a year, is aimed at creating safer, cleaner, more fun cities and learning lessons that could be applied around the world, he added.

他补充说，“编织城市”的想法已经讨论了一年，目的是创造更安全、更清洁、更有趣的城市，并学习可以在世界各地应用的经验。

It will have police, fire and ambulance services, schools and could be home to a mix of Toyota employees, retirees and others, Kuffner said.

库夫纳说，这里将有警察、消防和救护服务、学校，还可能有丰田员工、退休人员和其他人员居住。

The development, to be built on the site of a car factory that is planned to be closed by the end of 2020, will begin with 2,000 residents in coming years and also serve as a home to researchers.

这一开发项目将建在一家汽车厂的旧址上，该厂计划在2020年底前关闭。未来几年，这里将有2000名居民，同时也将成为研究人员的家。