I'm not an expert, but I've heard that Rad bikes are good for their price, and they have been touting the safety of their batteries. (Rad is not the cheapest, but is not as expensive as the high-end bikes.)
I wanted a cargo bike to transport my kid, and I wanted a mid-drive since I'm told the motor assist on that type of drive feels more natural. So I went with a Tern.
Seems like a matter of preference, and I see the logic in it. I'll mention that Nushell makes it easy to create custom shell functions that are invoked as sub-commands in this manner. https://www.nushell.sh/book/custom_commands.html#command-names