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St. Petersburg entrepreneurs build motorhome based on MAN TGS for 40 million rubles

20.07.2026 20:10 1 min 1 source
svobodanews.ru RUS

Three entrepreneurs from St. Petersburg converted a MAN TGS 41.510 truck into a motorhome worth about 40 million rubles. The project features high autonomy: a 1,500-liter water tank, 2,000 Ah batteries, and solar panels. The travel route covered about 20,000 km from Nizhny Novgorod through Central Asia to Turkey.

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St. Petersburg entrepreneurs build motorhome based on MAN TGS for 40 million rubles

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