I don't, myself, have a compelling reason to have an e-bike; however I have 2 friends that do, and I recently installed a conversion kit with torque sensing on my wife's bike. My wife can now match my speed and distance so we spend more time enjoying riding. One of the friends was a part-time bike commuter who found the distance/time/weather factors to be very challenging. Now with the motor assist he is pretty much a daily commuter and has also integrated other personal errands with cycling. The other friend has some health issues that affect his ability to ride and the e-bike motivates him to ride more.

I retired over a year and a half ago, but was a daily all-weather bike commuter before then. If I were still working, I'd certainly be attracted to convert my bike to a mid-drive torque-sensing system like on my wife's bike.