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Startup electric car maker Tesla made a splash with their fast, flashy electric sports car, the “Roadster.”  The $100,000 plus car does 0-60 in less than four seconds and runs entirely on electricity, with a range of 244 miles on a single charge.

The California-based automaker followed up on the Roadster by announcing the Model S, a $50,000 four-door sedan slated to be available in late 2011.  Tesla claims the Model S will get from zero to sixty in 5.6 seconds while seating up to seven people.

But there’s more.  A tipster going by the handle, “BenFranklin2k9Wassup” just sent some juicy intel regarding Tesla’s third model, the Taser.

The Tesla Taser is rumored to be a super-sized SUV powered by a 900 horsepower electric engine capable of just under 50 miles per charge.  A complete charge cycle will take four days and require a special building variance and may trigger brownouts in smaller metropolitan areas.  “Taser will seat 24 adults comfortably,” our source said, “while still retaining plenty of power for the custom spinning rims.”  Taser’s hand-built rims will reportedly spin at 8,000 rpm even when the car is at a standstill.

Furthermore, Taser is said to be the first production vehicle to feature a full plasma monitor in place of a windshield.  “The Model S has a 17″ touchscreen navigation and entertainment system,” that one guy explained to us.  “Apparently Tesla got good feedback on that display from a few really nerdy bloggers and so decided to up the ante for their SUV.”

Taser will reportedly ship with a 103″ HDTV Plasma display as its standard windshield.  The display will be linked to a Blu-Ray video player and a cellular Internet connection for mobile Web browsing.  The automaker is rumored to be considering a front-mounted camera that would display actual road conditions on the display, but only if it can figure out how to relegate it to a small corner of the screen, “So’s not to confuse people when they’re playing Xbox,” via wireless game controllers that supposedly work all the way back in the vehicle’s seventh row of seats.

Our source also mentioned that people who may or may not be associated with Tesla had this to say about safety issues associated with having a tv set where a windshield “should” be: “It shouldn’t be a problem.  With a car that big and an engine that strong, you won’t even notice the stuff you’re running over.  And the carbon fiber we use for the vehicle bodies comes straight from the Russian space program.  That $@#!’s strong!”