Nowadays almost all the cargo bikes are e-bikes, I look at some of them, it's not just e-assist, but e-shifting, automatic shifting, bluetooth, etc, etc, blah-blah-blah, is all this stuff designed for 20 Boston winters? Experience with the US bike industry suggests haha, no, what sort of weirdo are you to ride a bike in *weather*?
Dammit to hell, transportation, not toys. Maybe nobody else can tolerate the weather, maybe nobody else can do on-the-road fixes, but I can. I expect a tough bike.