最新报道：According to Bijie.com, Japanese automaker Toyota is exploring the financialization of car ownership, transforming its fleet into an asset. Toyota is actively exploring the concept of vehicle tokenization. On Tuesday, August 19th, Toyota Blockchain Lab released a white paper on the Mobility Orchestration Network (MON). This new blockchain will be able to track key vehicle data, potentially turning cars into tokenized assets. The proposal explains that every vehicle, including logistics trucks, rental fleets, and even robo-taxis, leaves behind a trail of information. This information, including registration, manufacturing, and maintenance, can be bundled into a network-wide certificate and turned into a token. Each vehicle will have its own NFT, containing its entire history and key information. Potential buyers can use this information to assess the vehicle's value. More importantly, the network will allow users to purchase these NFTs without actually owning the vehicle. Toyota Blockchain Lab envisions several use cases for the network. First, vehicles are expensive. However, unlike housing, they have thus far struggled to escape the trend of financialization. By tracking their usage through a blockchain network, car ownership and usage rights need not be tightly linked. For example, automakers could bundle multiple car NFTs into a fund, effectively investing in their fleet. Similar investment vehicles could be used to finance robo-taxi or logistics fleets in emerging markets. More importantly, if cars can be securitized, fleet operators can raise capital more cheaply than through loans. However, the white paper doesn't detail how the financialization of car ownership will affect the average car owner or the price of a vehicle.