What was the company who supplied the engine management systems and software to VW pre-'dieselgate'?????

Wasnt it a German company beginning with B....? :)

Nothing about reliability though. Did they say what effect the new system has on mpg, other emissions, use of comsumables (like adblue) and performance?

its supposed to give up to 4% better fuel economy and reduce all emissions inc particulates by using a higher electric current heater in the cat to burn off particulas faster, also a more efficient turbo

I gather journalists have been testing a car in germany but article had been cut short for some reason?

Another tale of woe this morning - colleague who thought a diesel Zafira was a good idea 2.5 years ago to "save money" on fuel.

They car never gets a decent run and is now showing signs of the DPF being choked to a premature death.

This is good for the short-to-mid term but we all know the future is EV. My guess is that Bosch had to sweat blood working with VAG to get the various retro 'fixes' designed and rolled-out, and in the course of the this took the data and learnings to come up with this latest initiative. It's also a 'mea culpa' on the part pf Bosch-did they really believe VAG were going to use the program Bosch designed in a test-only environment.......?

They said thats why they have designed this system as EVs are a few years from becoming mainstream, gives them time to work on electric cars