Rama Rao, who was the Municipal Administration Minister during the previous BRS regime, was questioned by the ACB in January this year in connection with the Formula E case.
"We are working to coming to India in the future, we will be starting conversations with different cities in India soon," Longo told
The season starts in Mexico City next week, and India's Mahindra are one of the teams competing.
Formula E and the authorities in Jakarta are exploring the feasibility of racing in the city on an alternative date.
Here is all you need to know about the all-electric racing series ahead of its first race in India on Saturday.
The FIA has collaborated with the Telangana government to organise the event. Private firm Ace Nxt Gen is the official promoter of the Formula E Race
Mahindra and Mahindra's Formula E racing team , called Mahindra Racing will be competing for the first time on home ground, Anand Mahindra shared his excitement about the same and urged India to give a 'billion cheers' to his team.
The winning bid will be matched by Mahindra and the amount distributed among the winners of the Mahindra Rise Sustainability Champion Awards or a not-for-profit organisation picked by the winning bidder
Formula 1 left India because of tax and financial issues but Longo and local promoter Anil Kumar C said preparations are very much on track for Formula E's debut in India.
For the coming season, Formula E fans will see 11 teams and 22 drivers racing the new Gen3 Formula E cars
Vicky Chandhok, who was heading the India motorsports federation when Formula 1 cars vroomed at the Buddh International Circuit for three seasons, aptly sums up the similarities (or the lack of) between the 'pinnacle of motor racing' and Formula E, an all electric racing series that has made rapid strides since its debut season in 2014.
The race in Hyderabad will be the first time a major international racing event is held in the country since the Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix in October 2013 at the Buddh International Circuit, a development which was reported by PTI earlier this month.
TCS will become the first Indian IT company to associate with Formula E. The only other Indian company which is associated with the motorsport championship for electric cars is Mahindra & Mahindra.
BMW entered Formula E back in 2018 and has since claimed a number of wins and podiums. The company has been using Formula E as a 'tech lab' for the development and transfer of technology from racing to mass production. They now claim that tech transfer has all but reached its limits
There will be mandatory coronavirus testing before arrival and then every day at the track, with movement limited and social distancing in place.
SsangYong aims to develop electric vehicles (EV) jointly with M&M and launch them in 2019. Besides there is also the plan to enter the US market around the same time.
"Our hope is that through the racing we will be able to bring technologies to our road cars. It is a gradual thing," Mahindra & Mahindra Executive Director Pawan Goenka told agency.
Mahindra is among the 10 teams competing in Formula E, the world's first fully-electric racing series. The inaugural season of the Formula E Racing Series had commenced in Beijing in September 2014 and will run until June 2015, competing in 10 of the world's leading cities including Berlin and London.