Since 1981, after an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, the carmaker has been offering bulletproof Mercedes cars as popemobile. However, the Pope has now refused to use bulletproof cars ...

So the next local step for the Green Pope is to drive a Green Popemobile. According to The ... believes it can build the Pope an electric solar car, but marketing chief Milan Nitzschke says ...

Show full PR text Stuttgart/Rome – By delivering a new Popemobile to Pope Benedict XVI Mercedes-Benz continues a tradition, which lasts for 80 years now. Dr Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board ...

to build a one-of-a-kind popemobile," he said. Francis has made care for the environment a priority of his papacy and has used electric cars on some of his foreign trips, but this is the first ...

The popemobile is an iconic piece of Vatican imagery. The car's conversion to electric comes as the pope has repeatedly urged people worldwide to accept the science of climate change and work to ...