Tesla displays Robotaxi in daylight for the first time to showcase a smoother design

Tesla is holding a less than spooky Frunk or Treat event for the Halloween weekend at its Gigafactory grounds in Texas, and there are plenty of exclusives to see, including one of the first crash-tested Cybertrucks.

Another of the signature displays is that of the driverless Robotaxi that Tesla showcased driving itself without steering wheel or pedals around the Warner Bros. studio premises at a dedicated event.

The event started in the evening, though, and by the time the keynote presentation finished, daylight was already gone, and all the demos with the 20 or so Robotaxi units were done at nighttime.

This made the Robotaxi look silvery and futuristic like the Cybertruck, even though it is not made of stainless steel for cost saving and weight purposes, but rather of aluminum alloy panels painted to look like it.

In fact, the first Robotaxi display in broad daylight during the beautiful sunny weather at Giga Texas make the shimmering finish of the Robotaxi look golden rather than silvery in the Cybertruck stainless steel vein.

Daylight usually makes everything less attractive than at night, but the Robotaxi looks every bit as futuristic as during the launch event.

The design lines don't look as edgy, but are rather sculpted, while the rear light bar that the Model Y Juniper refresh is reportedly getting as well, does shine bright even on a sunny day.

In fact, the Robotaxi looks like a signature Tesla designed by Franz von Holzhausen, especially at the front, with Cybertruck-ish light bars thrown in for a good measure.

The 21-inch wheels whose Continental tires are painted halfway in the cap's color to look even more enormous than they actually are, driving that futuristic point home in an effective but affordable in terms of production costs manner.

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