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INTERVIEW: Trimble discusses the key trends driving location technologies
May 7, 2026Autonomous Vehicle International
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AAVI recently caught up with Xavier Banqué, strategic marketing manager at Trimble, to talk about the key trends driving location technologies, in a feature first published in the April 2026 issue. Please can you introduce yourself to our readers? Originally educated as a telecommunications engineer
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