Pope Francis will be riding in a new, all-electric popemobile after receiving a modified G-Class vehicle from Mercedes-Benz, the company announced Wednesday. It’s the first electric popemobile ...

Popes have been getting around in tailored cars for almost 100 years. But Pope Francis is now one of the first heads of state to make such a demonstrative break with the combustion engine.

Pope Francis will be arriving today in the US for a variety of stops, including the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, PA. While here, the Pontiff won't be riding in the usual Mercedes ...

The Pope's got himself a new ride, and boy is it, uh, white. Mercedes announced today that they have given his Holiness a highly-customized G500. Like previous Popemobiles, the G500 has a folding ...

Many pilgrims try to get pictures of the Pope at his audiences Pope Francis has chided the Catholic faithful for using their mobile phones during Mass. He said it made him sad when many phones ...

Pope Francis is going electric for the 2025 Jubilee processional, after being gifted an electric G-Class Mercedes-Benz popemobile by the automaker's chief executive this week. "We are moving ...

The pearl-white popemobile is powered by an electric motor that is "adapted to the particularly low speeds required for public appearances" by the pope, Mercedes said. Chief executive Ola ...

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This is what Pope Francis said this morning at St. Peter's Square for ... with your head turned to your mobile phone. This will not do, never, never this. Talk, listen to each other, this is the ...

The term Popemobile is a combination of Pope, referring to the pope, and Mobile, meaning vehicle, denoting a vehicle specifically for the pope. Recently, Mercedes-Benz delivered a Popemobile based ...

Mercedes says it retuned the quad-motor electric powertrain to be specifically tailored to the low-speed driving required for the Pope to wave to his throngs of supporters. The bodywork has been ...