Toyota Blockchain Lab has partnered with Avalanche to co-develop an on-chain infrastructure designed to manage autonomous robotaxi fleets and other mobility services. The project, dubbed the Mobility Orchestration Network (MON), was recently unveiled as a prototype.
Avalanche and Toyota Blockchain Lab are planning the infrastructure for onchain mobility and maybe even robotaxi fleets.https://t.co/BDt6U0k4ZE pic.twitter.com/Y7t3c96D3P
— Avalanche? (@avax) September 2, 2025
MON aims to make vehicle payments, ownership, and traceability programmable, verifiable, and interoperable, setting the foundation for a next-generation mobility ecosystem.
MON: A Blockchain Layer for the Mobility Sector
Functioning as a dedicated blockchain layer for mobility, MON is designed to connect automakers, regulators, and end users through a shared system of trust and verification.
According to Toyota’s technical documentation, MON addresses some of the most pressing challenges in the mobility sector: fragmented data ownership, lack of standardization, and inefficiencies in cross-industry collaboration.
The prototype consists of four key components:
Avalanche, serving as the decentralized transaction ledger.
A data access and control layer to manage permissions across systems.
A mobility services layer to enable use cases such as payments and insurance.
An interface layer connecting applications for end users.
Why Avalanche Was Chosen
The decision to build MON on Avalanche was driven by its sub-second finality, high throughput, and the flexibility to create dedicated chains without compromising speed.
Roy Hirata, Japan representative at Ava Labs, called robotaxis a “promising emerging use case in the network,” adding that investors could fund vehicles and track them on-chain, creating entirely new business models.
Market Opportunity and Future Applications
The project comes amid rapid growth in the automotive fintech market, which is projected to surpass $112 billion by 2031. By leveraging blockchain, MON could reduce processes that currently take days into just hours or even minutes.
Toyota Blockchain Lab has already secured $10.8 million in initial funding, signaling that the effort goes far beyond a proof of concept.
Potential applications extend beyond robotaxis to include:
Ride-sharing and EV charging infrastructure via smart contracts
Insurance claims and carbon credit tracking
Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platforms
Vehicle identity management
Cross-border transportation optimization
By providing a verifiable, interoperable framework, MON could transform how mobility networks are financed, operated, and trusted globally. It would be a good news for the spot Avalanche exchange-traded fund (ETF), which is undergoing the approval process in US.
