Chatting to a friend today, she was expressing frustration about her current car commute, and speculating about the prospect of switching back to riding.
It's about 11km (so quite a nice riding distance), but complicated by the fact that it's both her commute and the school run, for twin boys who are almost 6 - their school is about halfway, but up a significant hill. She has been contemplating a cargo bike (or trike) - maybe a Bakfiets or Christiana, almost certainly with electric assist because of the combination of passengers and hill, but isn't completely happy with that idea because of the boys' comfort and boredom levels.
I suggested she look at a Circe Helios as a jumping-off point for other ideas (I knew but hadn't fully registered that Circe can offer both electric assist and a triplet conversion, which on thinking about it might be a good combination), and something like a Me'n'u2 could be a possibility too, albeit probably needing an aftermarket electric kit and maybe a bit more suitable if there were an age and size difference between her potential junior stokers.
Any other bright ideas? It sounded like price wouldn't particularly be an issue1 for the right kit, though she lives close to Geneva so local availability might be.
(I've seen a few threads in the Tandem board, but figured this wasn't necessarily a tandem subject, even if it turns out to have a tandem solution.)
1: As ever, to a point. Cheaper is always better once the quality's been achieved, and she's been looking at secondhand boxbike availability (plenty in Germany, apparently), but I don't think £5k on a Helios electric triplet would necessarily be out of reach if that's her best option.