N5329K
Active Member
I think you're right. There are still early adopters being drawn to Model 3 who are not current owners. I met quite a few Prius folks signing up for their first real EV who were every bit as enthusiastic as any Roadster owner. That said, early adopters are early adopters. By definition a pretty small portion of a product's lifetime bell curve. And they, like the early early adopters, will be more forgiving of flaws of all kinds than those who are trying their first EV family car, and are hoping for the best.There's a difference between an actual early adopter and having an early adopter mentality. Unlike a phone, where the price of entry is within most people's grasp, a Tesla is not. So you have early adopters who can afford a Roadster. But then you have adopters who get a 3 and can't technically be called "early", but they might be just as forgiving as an early adopter, knowing that a new mishmash of technology is going to take some time to get right. Not all 3 adopters will have this mentality, but it's false to assume that because the price point is moving toward mass market that you don't have "early adopters" anymore. I'd venture to say that there's still a lot of people with the early adopter mentality out there who simply didn't have the means to get in earlier. Count me in as one.
It's Tesla's challenge to give that to them, to the extent possible.
Robin