Tragic Story of Black Racing Pioneer Charlie Wiggins to Be Subject of Feature Movie
Wiggins starred as a racer in a rival racing circuit in the shadow of Indy 500, segregation, and the Ku Klux Klan. Eraced
Charlie Wiggins, one of the top race-car drivers from the 1920s and 1930s, never got a chance to race in the Indianapolis 500.
The closest Wiggins got to the starting grid at Indy was in 1934, when he served as a mechanic on the Indy 500-winning car driven by Bill Cummings. That was only after the sanctioning body at the time would not allow Wiggins, a Black man, to work on the pit crew.
Apple Car Fracas Marks First Public Setback for Hyundai Boss
Bloomberg 2/9/2021 Kyunghee Park and Sohee Kim
(Bloomberg) Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Euisun Chung central to the company’s transformation from conventional carmaker to mobility giant promoting flying cars and hydrogen-fuel cells had his first, very public, stumble this week.
On Monday, after a month of intense speculation around who may team with Apple Inc. to help develop its much-vaunted self-driving electric car, Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. were forced in separate exchange filings to say they weren’t in any talks with the tech behemoth, backing away from an earlier Hyundai statement that confirmed they were in discussions.
On Monday, after a month of intense speculation around who may team with Apple Inc. to help develop its much-vaunted self-driving electric car, Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. were forced in separate exchange filings to say they weren’t in any talks with the tech behemoth, backing away from an earlier Hyundai statement that confirmed they were in discussions.
That Jan. 8 initial disclosure, along with other reports of talks, no doubt infuriated Apple, which keeps development projects secret for years and controls relationships with suppliers with ruthless efficiency. It’s unclear if or when discussions between the two might resume.
Chung family driving Hyundai make $2 billion on Apple tie-up reports The Chung family in control of Hyundai became almost $2 billion better off when South Korean media reported the automaker was in early talks of a partnership with Apple, Inc. Share prices in Hyundai Motor Co soared by up to 25% in Seoul last week, which boosted the family fortunes of Euisun Chung (picture), 50, chairman, and his father, Mong-Koo, 82. Together they hold about 8% of stock in the group, but maintain influence through complex governance arrangements. Hyundai confirmed it was in early discussions with Apple, but quickly revised its statement to avoid any mention of the US tech giant. It broadened its potential technological co-operation on the development of driverless electric vehicles to a number of “diverse companies” and said no decisions had been made. Industry commentators put the u-turn down to Apple’s strict insistence on discretion from its potential partners.
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