I would use an e-bike if using the mvp s. With the traffic jams coming out of tunnels and then making hard turns up hill an e-bike gives you better mobility when cart drivers are so impatient (especially from Oct to March).

Benefit of an e-bike is you have best of both worlds. You can pedal OR "gun it". Definitely get a go pro.

A woman got hit in DeLuna a couple years ago now with witnesses, one a friend of mine. The car driver attempted to leave the scene. Once police arrived the driver got a "free pass" by the police while driving without insurance. He got to take his car and go on home. The woman was taken to the hospital. No punishment for the driver and no claim for the victim against him.

In that case it was a "It's not what you know its who you know" moment so a go pro would have held the police accountable to the victim and no favors.

I would also think about what your desired goals are for riding. Leisure and/or group activity. There are some e-bike riders on group rides so it is not an impossibility to use one with some of the cycling groups that do allow them (I have a friend who is a rider that speaks of e-bikes on some of his rides).