{"id":4245,"date":"2018-09-20T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugpower.local\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2018-09-20T08:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T12:00:12","slug":"plug-power-at-the-battery-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/blog\/plug-power-at-the-battery-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Plug Power at The Battery Show"},"content":{"rendered":"
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