Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran
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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 2005 he published a book Power to the People, How the Coming Energy Revolution will Change our Lives, and maybe even Save the Planet. [1] 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. Marketplace interview, April 24, 2006, "Nuclear is kaput". Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
In 2007, he co-authored ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future, with Iain Carson. [2] Vijay Vaitheeswaran talks about his book ZOOM in this interview with Charlie Rose.
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- ^ Vaitheeswaran, Vaitheeswaran (2004-12-09). Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 368. ISBN 978-0374529703.
- ^ Vaitheeswaran, Vaitheeswaran; Iain Carson [2007-10-01]. ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future. Twelve, 352. ISBN 978-0446580045.
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