Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran

Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran is the Environment and Energy Correspondent for "The Economist", covering developments in politics, economics, business, and technology as they relate to energy issues.

Vaitheeswaran was born in Madras, India and grew up in Cheshire, Connecticut. He graduated from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering. He started working at The Economist as an intern. After a year as a correspondent, he opened the publication's first office in Latin America, in Mexico City. He now lives in New York City, working as the Environment and Energy Correspondent. He is in this position as of 4 April 2007.

In 2003 he published a book "Power to the People, How the Coming Energy Revolution will Change our Lives, and maybe even Save the Planet". [cite book
last = Vaitheeswaran
first = Vaitheeswaran
authorlink = Vijay Vaitheeswaran
title = Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet
date = 2004-12-09
publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux
isbn = 978-0374529703
pages = 368 ] The book pays particular attention to alternative fuel sources, such as those used in the Tesla Roadster and plug-in hybrids. He is a frequent commentator on science-policy issues on television and radio. cite web |url=http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/04/24/PM200604247.html |title=Marketplace interview, April 24, 2006, "Nuclear is kaput" |accessdate=2007-01-18 |format= |work=

In 2007, he co-authored "ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future", with Iain Carson. [ cite book
last = Vaitheeswaran
first = Vaitheeswaran
authorlink = Vijay Vaitheeswaran
coauthors = Iain Carson
title = ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future
origdate = 2007-10-01
publisher = Twelve
isbn = 978-0446580045
pages = 352 ] Vijay Vaitheeswaran talks about his book ZOOM in [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1601938904717957412 this interview with Charlie Rose.]

See also

* Plug-in hybrid

References