[PAR] [TLE] Matra [SEP] Mécanique Aviation Traction or Matra ("M"écanique "A"viation "TRA"ction) was a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to automobiles, bicycles, aeronautics and weaponry.  In 1994, it became a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group and now operates under that name. [PAR] [TLE] Véhicule Automatique Léger [SEP] VAL is a type of automatic rubber-tyred people mover technology, based on an invention by Professor Robert Gabillard from the Université Lille Nord de France.  It was designed in the early 1980s by Matra and first used for the then-new metro system in Lille.  This was one of the world's first fully automated driverless mass-transit rail networks to serve a city centre (preceded only by the Port Island Line in Kobe, Japan), and the first such in Europe.
[PAR] [TLE] Matra [ SEP ] Mécanique Aviation Traction or Matra ( " M"écanique " A"viation " TRA"ction ) was a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to automobiles , bicycles , aeronautics and weaponry . In 1994 , it became a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group and now operates under that name . [PAR] [TLE] Véhicule Automatique Léger [ SEP ] VAL is a type of automatic rubber - tyred people mover technology , based on an invention by Professor Robert Gabillard from the Université Lille Nord de France . It was designed in the early 1980s by Matra and first used for the then - new metro system in Lille . This was one of the world 's first fully automated driverless mass - transit rail networks to serve a city centre ( preceded only by the Port Island Line in Kobe , Japan ) , and the first such in Europe .
What nationality is the company that designed  Véhicule Automatique Lége ?
What nationality is the company that designed Véhicule Automatique Lége ?
French
French