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The pope gets his first electric popemobile from Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz has delivered the first all-electric Popemobile to the Vatican: A modified version of the German automaker's G-Class SUV. Some of the

Some of the biggest changes from the standard G-Class involve using the four electric motors at each wheel to carefully control the vehicle at low speeds as it travels around the Vatican grounds. Now-defunct EV startup Fisker once claimed that it was working with the Vatican to create a special version of its Ocean SUV for the Pope. The validity of that claim always seemed suspect at best, though, and Fisker went bankrupt earlier this year.

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