The Vatican on Wednesday unveiled a new open-top popemobile, an all-electric Mercedes-Benz that Pope Francis will use when he greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square.

Mercedes-Benz Group AG may be struggling to sell its electric cars, but it just landed a heavenly endorsement: Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, will ride in a battery-powered G-Wagon.

Pope Francis has gone fully electric for his next installment of the Pope-mobil, which was revealed at the Vatican on Wednesday. The new four-wheel-drive car is in line with the Pontiff’s preaching on environmental protection and will have zero carbon emissions.

STUTTGART—Mercedes-Benz AG presented Pope Francis with a G-Class “Popemobile” during a ceremony in Vatican City.

The Vatican has unveiled a new, open-top popemobile, an all-electric Mercedes-Benz that Pope Francis will use when he greets pilgrims in St Peter's Square.

Shortly before his 88th birthday, the head of 1.4 billion Catholics is treating himself to a new set of wheels: a custom-made vehicle from Mercedes-Benz that for the first time drives without any harmful CO2 emissions.