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Last June Google.org launched RechargeIT, an initiative to accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles. At that time we announced a request for investment proposals (RFP) from teams working on technologies relevant to this goal. …

Last summer Google.org launched the RechargeIT program, an initiative to accelerate the commercialization of plug-in vehicles. As part of this project, we created the GFleet, a free car-sharing program for Google employees. The GFleet includes a handful of hybrid vehicles converted to plug-ins with a Hymotion conversion module. …

HakiElimu, one of Google.org’s partners, recently released an important report about the quality of education in Tanzania to stimulate a national discussion about the challenges facing the education sector. Media coverage in Dar es Salaam indicates the report has already made an impression and is prompting the government to act. …

Google is hopeful that both these revolutionary companies along with their teams are competent to develop technology that is critical in enabling us apprehend the RechargeIT vision: Countless plug-in vehicles ready to burn the roads. Via CNet / Google

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Battery startup ActaCell wasn’t the only recipient of funding from Google.org’s RechargeIT program. Last night at the Plug-In 2008 conference, Google.org’s Director of Climate Change & Energy Initiatives, Dan Reicher, announced a $2.75 million investment in green vehicle startup Aptera Motors and ActaCell. (That

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în România, după ce au fost în Tanzania (Africa) şi au făcut un raport despre calitatea educaţiei. Articolul explică nişte chestiuni generale, sunt puţin ofticaţi că elevii Tanzanieni nu ştiu limba engleză, dar nu asta e ideea. Ideea e frumuseţea titlului, care este reprezentativ şi pentru un raport de calitatate al educaţiei în România, fără a face prea multe analize. Doar analiza vizuală este necesară pentru a scrie un titlu atât de frumos şi care ilustrează atât de bine situaţia din