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Kwame Despite’s New Toy: Cost of Cybertruck and its unique features

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Sun, 27 Oct 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Over the last 24 hours or less, videos of a 2024 Tesla Cybertruck in Ghana have been flooding social media platforms.

The luxury vehicle, owned by Kwame Despite Osei, has gotten many people talking, with the conversations surrounding how the media mogul and businessman has a heavy taste for cars.

This Cybertruck will be his latest toy, as it were.

GhanaWeb looks at the car in perspective, as well as some of its main features.

Here they are:

According to cars.usnews.com, an entry-level rear-wheel-drive model is set for availability for 2025, but for now, the base Cybertruck is the dual-motor All-Wheel Drive, which has a starting MSRP of $79,990.

This 600-horsepower model has an estimated 340 miles of range and a top speed of 112 mph.

The price of the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck starts at $81,895 and goes up to $101,985 depending on the trim and options.

Until the rear-wheel-drive Cybertruck arrives for the next model year, with a starting price of $62,985, the lineup only includes the Dual Motor and Beast models.

EV Motor, Power, and Performance

The Cybertruck will eventually offer three different powertrain arrangements. At launch, dual- and tri-motor models will be available and offer all-wheel drive; a rear-wheel-drive single-motor model will join the lineup for the 2025 model year.

For now, the Cybertruck Dual Motor generates a combined 600 horsepower.

All Cybertrucks have an adjustable air suspension that can be raised or lowered on the fly and provides up to 17 inches of ground clearance. Add that to its 35-degree approach and 28-degree departure angles, and the Tesla pickup could prove to be a formidable off-road machine.

On the road, the big Cybertruck feels more agile than expected. In a test drive, it was found that its combination of rear-wheel steering and variable-ratio steer-by-wire system made for easier maneuvering in urban environments than a typical pickup truck.

Features:

2024 Tesla Cybertruck Beast Vehicle Type: front- and rear-motor, all-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door pickup

PRICE Base/As Tested: $101,985/$121,985 Options: Foundation Series (20-inch Cyber wheels with 35-inch tires, White décor, off-road light bar, premium accessories, Powershare home backup, Powershare mobile adapter, universal wall connector,

Full Self-Driving capability, lifetime premium connectivity), $20,000 POWERTRAIN Front Motor: permanent-magnet synchronous AC, 276 hp, 320 lb-ft Rear Motor: induction AC, 284 hp, 544 lb-ft Combined Power: 834 hp Combined Torque: 740 lb-ft Battery Pack: liquid-cooled lithium-ion, 123.0 kWh Onboard Charger: 11.5 kW Peak DC Fast-Charge Rate: 250 kW Transmissions: direct-drive

CHASSIS Suspension, F/R: control arms/control arms Brakes, F/R: 13.8-in vented disc/14.0-in vented disc

Tires: Goodyear Wrangler Territory RT LT285/65R-20 123/120H M+S TO DIMENSIONS Wheelbase: 143.1 in Length: 223.7 in Width: 80.0 in Height: 68.5–76.6 in Passenger Volume, F/R: 62/57 ft3 Front Trunk Volume: 7 ft3 Underbed Storage Volume: 3 ft3 Curb Weight: 6901 lb

C/D TEST RESULTS 60 mph: 2.6 sec 100 mph: 6.9 sec 1/4-Mile: 11.0 sec @ 119 mph 130 mph: 14.5 sec Results above omit 1-ft rollout of 0.3 sec. Rolling Start, 5–60 mph: 2.8 sec Top Gear, 30–50 mph: 1.5 sec Top Gear, 50–70 mph: 1.8 sec Top Speed (gov ltd): 131 mph Braking, 70–0 mph: 176 ft Braking, 100–0 mph: 367 ft Roadholding, 300-ft Skidpad: 0.75 g

C/D FUEL ECONOMY AND CHARGING 75-mph Highway Range: 250 mi DC Fast-Charge Time, 10–90%: 50 min

Kwame Despite’s $3million Bugatti Chiron:

One of the most recent toys that Kwame Despite released was a Bugatti Chiron.

The vehicle, estimated at $3 million, was first shown in public around February 2022, when Despite was celebrating his birthday.

The car has since been seen in a number of places, plus other luxurious vehicles of his that were mostly showcased during his son’s wedding 2020.

Here are videos of the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck, as well as other videos of Kwame Despite with his toys:

Dr Osei Kwame Despite finally launches his Tesla Cybertruck straight from Elon Musk himself straight in Accra, Ghana.

Tesla Owusu can now boast of 5G 😂 pic.twitter.com/LnCl3IdRnj
— WithAlvin 🇬🇭 (@withAlvin__) October 26, 2024

Ghanaian Entrepreneur, Nana Kwame Despite has done it again! He has added a brand new Tesla Cybertruck to his car collection. Despite drives the most expensive car in West Africa which is the blue Bugatti Chiron which cost about $3 million. pic.twitter.com/08FvNRXAPq
— GHANAMADEIT🇬🇭! (@ghanamadeit_) October 26, 2024