Follow me e-tron
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Type | Automobile, Utility vehicle |
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FlightGear China
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FDM | JSBSim |
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followmeEV followme-PAX |
Status | Production |
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License | GPLv2 |
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The Follow me e-tron or Follow me EV is a semi-fictional Follow-me vehicle based on Gijs's work, but an electric-powered version with Chinese characteristics. It was made just for fun.
Features
Being the very first electric car in FlightGear, the Follow me e-tron features a realistic electric supercar driving experience while having an exterior of the classic Renault Kangoo I Follow me vehicle.
- Realistic electric engine written in Nasal.
- Detailed electrical system written in Nasal.
- Advanced steering helper (experimental)
- 'AutoCrash' system, which tries its best to keep you on the road.
- 'AutoSpeed' system, which keeps your speed constant.
- Auto Hold function
- Parking radar that detects terrain and alerts driver.
- Working airbags.
- Experimental AEB system.
- Configurable interior with several fully remodeled interior and working switches.
- Configurable instruments with several styles to choose from.
- Canvas glass display instrument for certain interior styles
- Compositor light support.
- Selectable license plate in Chinese style.
- Various of liveries
- Various of messages
- Full multiplayer support.
- Multiplayer passenger.
- Dynamic scenery object placement and management
- Limo variant
- Tutorials support in different languages
- Different interior styles to choose from.
- Save / Resume function.
Videos
Version
The Follow me e-tron is currently released as v5.1.
Change Log
V5.1 Updates:
- Major improvements to the reset function
- Bug fixes and improvements
V5.0 Updates:
- Added an option to adjust brake intensity for keyboard control
- Further tuned engine and fixed the bug related to gear changing
- New liveries: Blackwhite, C919 Memorial
- Interior updates
- New magic bush tyre option for driving on killer grass
- New interior: 404Design 2.0, 404Design 2022 and Luxury 2.0
- New charging pile
- Exterior model improvements, especially on charging cap, wheels and doors
- Added rear plate with multiplayer support
- Improvements on sounds
- Added option to re-enable ALS procedural lights
- Default interior switched to 404Design
- Added door warnings for smart instruments
- General improvements, cleanups and bug fixes
V4.0 New Features:
- Added a limo varient
- New texture selector which works better under multiplayer
- New interior style: Race, 404Design
- New canvas glass display instrument for 404Design Interior
- New dynamic scenery object system
- New models for service station, toll gates, etc
- Added reverse indicator light
Updates and improvements:
- Major updates to the UV
- Major update to the Engine & electrical systems, (much) more realistic performance
- FDM improvements
- AEB improvements
- Minor texture and exterior/interior model updates
- Sounds updates
- Added multiplayer model detection support to radar(and AEB which relies on the radar)
- Many bug fixes
Changes after v4.0 alpha:
- Added battery remaining display
- Improvements to Nasal performance
- Huge bug fixes to the electrical system
- Many minor bug fixes
- Added option to adjust steering
Changes after v4.0 beta.1:
- Added error message to the smart instruments after the battery is drained
- Bug fixes
Changes after v4.0 beta.2:
- Bug fixes
V3.0 New Features:
- Configurable interior with several fully remodeled interior and working switches
- Functioning Airbags
- Experimental AEB system
- Experimental compositor light support
- Auto Hold function
- Save / Resume
- New tutorials
Improvements:
- Electrical system
- Brake system
- Sounds
- Effects
- Several bugs fixed
V2.0:
Updated features:
- Updated interior
- Exterior improvements
- Autospeed system
- New experimental steering system
- Parking radar system
- Sound improvements
- FDM improvements
- Liveries updates
- Tons of bug fixes
V1.0:
Initial Release
Statistics
Note: The figure below was measured before the v4.0 release. The entire engine received an update in the v4.0 release and the performance is now way more realistic.
Top speed:
≤300kts/555.6km/h
Acceleration
Accelerate up to:
100km/h: 2.48 seconds 200km/h: 7.20 seconds
Battery
Electricity usage:
---km/charge (Yet to be determined)