> But unlike traditional early adopters, who take a trade-off (on price, or features, or polish) for being first Actually, in regards to Tesla, they always sta

> But unlike traditional early adopters, who take a trade-off (on price, or features, or polish) for being first Actually, in regards to Tesla, they always stated (and were very open about it) that early-adopters pay premium to support research/growth/etc. First with Roadster, now with S (not sure about X). It can be expected that the same extra features (same hardware) on model will cost less. So the trade-off here is just that, being "first".