I'm giving serious thought to upgrading my Catrike Villager to a new trike in a few months, and I want this new trike to be my "forever" trike, so I'll spare (almost) no expense.

One of the situations I sometimes find myself in is having to make a sudden stop when I'm in a high gear. In a situation like that, not having a throttle can make it difficult to get going again. From what I know, either an e-motor with throttle (such as Bafang middrive <I prefer mid-drives>) OR an internally geared hub (like a Rohloff, which allows you to shift gears when stopped) would solve this problem, right?.

If so, what are the plusses/minusses of each? And does it ever make sense to have BOTH installed on a tadpole trike?

Thanks!