FAQs
Is this a joke?
No, but also yes. This whole site is a massive piss-take. Making things look as convincing as possible is part of that joke. The folks on /r/selfdrivingcars wouldn’t know any better.
Isn’t this going to get you in trouble?
Probably not. Here are a few reasons why:
Copyright law doesn’t protect brands in cases where the thing is clearly a parody of the original thing, which counts as fair use. Parody is in our blood, and it is also in our name.
We have gone to great lengths to make it abundantly clear that this entire company is a joke, perhaps even at the risk of appearing unprofessional.
Despite there apparently being loads of money in making self-driving cars that don’t work, there is hardly any money in making sensors that don’t work. Our investors aren’t pleased with this, but we did warn them. They also invested in WeWork.
So if Velodyne send us any nasty letters, we’re putting those suckers on LinkedIn straight away.
Have you ever made any actual products?
Yes, actually. Around a dozen Parodyne replica Lidar sensors exist.
Do you hate self-driving cars?
No, of course not. I’ve made a bountiful career making cars drive themselves. I just think this industry is really, really fun to make fun of.
Why does Google Chrome keep wanting to translate this site to Albanian?
If it asks again, just fucking do it. We still can’t figure out why it does this, and we’ve got more important things to do than chase down petty issues that frankly are your problem, not ours.