[dathinab]

Are you sure? From the major EU cities I have visited at least 2 which have many "hills that are unmanageable on a town or cargo bike" (Zürich & Lisbon). And if we include smaller places its many many more places.

Now what "unmanageable" means can differ quite a lot by person. Like some people would call some of the streets in Lisbon "unmanageable" by walking ;)

But then in both cases it only affects part of the city and throw in a E-Bike and thinks are often quite fine.

Anyway the point is, the bike from the article seems quite far away from a general purpose cargo bike. But for places where it fit its niche it probably shines.