Morizo
Hello, everyone!
Thank you for coming to the Toyota booth press briefing today.
I’m Akio Toyoda, the VTuber Morizo.
Well, today, what I want to talk about is not cars, but people.
I will move around a bit as I talk.
This time, I think I want to continue on as this character.
In line with my own expressions, it laughs and shows surprise. What do you think? For example, even if we are a distance away, can’t you kind of feel that I’m right beside you?
People instantly process enormous amounts of information in this way and then reach conclusions.
That’s exactly why, when various kinds of information are linked, one would expect communities, society, and, of course, cars, to become more centered on people.
That’s why we made our Toyota booth this time one in which visitors can experience a future society of mobility centered on people.
Well, I think it’s about time for us to have a look.
Toyoda
This e-Palette is scheduled to debut in front of everyone at the time of next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.
In the future, the e-Palette will be able to be an office, a shop, or even a hotel. It will be able to become various kinds of services, and it will go to people.
Our booth this time does not feature a single car “to be launched next year”. All that is found here are forms of mobility that link to society and communities and that provide modes of getting around and services to people.
Wow, what do you think? Doesn’t it excite you to see a future filled with such forms of mobility? For example, we will even have something like this―the e-Chargeair.
Morizo
Won’t kinds of mobility like these mean that cars will end up not being owned? I certainly hope not.
Shared mobility will lead to people owning forms of mobility that are more personal.
OK everyone, the answer is right over there!
Toyoda
This is the e-RACER!
The cars in everyone’s garages will all be sports cars, like this e-RACER.
Well, that’s a little overstating it, but… wanting to move about as one wishes, …and wanting to go faster and farther…are, I think, universal human desires.
The birth of the automobile led to 15 million horses being replaced by cars in the United States.
But still, we have racehorses.
The joy of riding a horse can hold its own against or even outdo what cars have to offer. If there is an obstacle, a horse can avoid it. If there is a hole in the ground, a horse can make its own judgement and jump over it.
Horses can communicate with people and their hearts. For people who ride them, horses are irreplaceable.
Through the evolution of artificial intelligence, I think that cars, too, can also become able to communicate with people and their hearts.
That’s right… I think cars of the future will be like horses.
If we look at shared forms of mobility, such as the e-Palette, as if they were horse carriages, forms of mobility owned by individuals, like the e-RACER, would be “beloved horses”.
I would say that this means that our future society of mobility will be a society in which horse carriages and “beloved horses” co-exist.
And what people want of “beloved horses” is heartfelt communication and the joy of moving together.
Well, here is another sidekick that offers heartfelt communication. I think maybe I could even call it a “magic broom”.
If you visit the Toyota booth, you can hop on like this and give it a try. But it’s not yet ready to fly…
Morizo
I’ll get on the broom and give you a quick introduction to our booth.
First, at the reception counter, you make a residency card. You take it and, if you try out various things in our booth, you can accumulate points.
For example, this is a future health check that can tell you how your body is doing if you get on it.
And here, you can experience what it will be like to change clothes in the future. You can choose clothes that suit you even without putting them on.
There are other various things that you can experience. The more you try what we have, the more points you will accumulate.
And this is a Toyota convenience store. The points you’ve accumulated can be exchanged for various items, and we tried hard to make some good things.
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SOURCE: Toyota
