In 2016, the City launched its first living lab in the Campidoglio district, which, thanks to the activation of 29 testings in various areas such as: environment, mobility and tourism. Turin became the first urban space dedicated to innovation and the smart city. With a second tender, launched at the end of 2016, the City launched a call to identify local stakeholders and businesses for the development, testing and promotion activities of Mobile Payment services that could be used at the city registry.

In 2018, the circular and collaborative economy is the focus of the Living Lab launched as part of the AXTO Program for the Suburbs. There are eight companies that receive financial contributions for projects capable of responding to social challenges and improving the quality of life in the target areas of the AXTO program. Torino City Lab was officially launched in October, 2018.

he City of Turin applied to the central Ministry of Economic Development of for the construction of the House of Emerging Technologies (CTE NEXT) in close collaboration with the Turin universities and other strategic partners. CTE NEXT, the first spin-off of Torino City Lab, is a project financed by the Ministry of Economic Development with the aim of creating a “widespread home” of technology transfer in the 5G field and emerging technologies in key sectors for Turin: Smart Mobility, Urban Air Mobility, Industry 4.0 and Services for the Smart City.

The City of Turin is officially among the 100 European cities that are committed to reducing emissions by 2030, also becoming a “Mission City”, or a hub of trial and innovation in the climate field, a virtuous example for all other European cities. In this context, Torino City Lab relaunches its mission by making itself available to this challenge by promoting functional experimentations for the ecological and digital transition and confirming itself as an open laboratory of innovation for smart life.

In 2023, the Living Lab ToMove of the City of Turin was born, which grafts onto and expands the purposes and facilities of Torino City Lab and CTE NEXT, also pursuing the objectives of energy and environmental sustainability across the board. ToMove is a Living Lab spread throughout the city and focused on the development of new smart and sustainable urban mobility scenarios, which use innovative cooperative, connected and autonomous mobility solutions, integrating them into the «Mobility as a Service» paradigm.