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Volkswagen is supporting the Vatican City State in its transition towards sustainable mobility. At the beginning of 2024, the company will deliver just under 40 fully electric models from its ID. family, ranging from the ID.3 02 to the ID.4 and ID.5.

Now, for the first time, the Popemobile from Mercedes-Benz is going all-electric. Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kallenius and the team members involved personally handed over a handmade unique vehicle based on the new electric G-Class to Pope Francis in the Vatican today.

•Long tradition continues: Mercedes-Benz has been supplying cars to the Vatican for almost 100 years Mercedes-Benz has supplied cars to the Vatican for 94 years, and for the past 45 years, the Pope has been using the renowned 'Popemobiles' based on the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

At the beginning of 2024, the company will deliver just under 40 fully electric models from its ID. family, ranging from the ID.3 02 to the ID.4 and ID.5. The vehicles are part of the decarbonization strategy of the VCS, aiming to make the Vatican fleet climate-neutral by 2030.

With the new Popemobile, Pope Francis is the first pope to be travelling in a fully electric Mercedes-Benz when making public appearances. This is a special honour for our company, and I would like to thank His Holiness for his trust. With this Popemobile, we are also sending out a clear call for electromobility and decarbonisation.

Vehicle handover at the Vatican (f.l.t.r.): Dr. Marcus Osegowitsch, CEO of Volkswagen Group Italia; Pope Francis; Imelda Labbé, Member of the Board of Management for Sales, Marketing and After-Sales at Volkswagen Passenger Cars; Dr. Christian Dahlheim, CEO of Volkswagen Financial Services AG