Of the present bikes in my hilly area John, none.
Commuting nearly 5000 miles a year by bike in heavy traffic is a serious undertaking. Only the illegal ones would cope a bit with the hills, though not very well even then, and they bring range problems.
The ideal one I would choose is one I already own but which is no longer available, a Giant Twist Lite, but with the SRAM 5 speed hub which I added.
The reasons are, it's light, can be cycled easily without power better than any other electric bike, feels like any good ordinary bike, and becomes exactly like a good one when the battery is out. It has refined controllability, legendary reliability and build quality and all I've done in nearly four years and 6000 miles is fit puncture proof tyres and greased the chain. I still use the original two NiMH batteries. There's also the effective mudguards and very strong full size carrier. It drives through the cycle transmission, so adding the SRAM improved the low gear from 43" down to 37" making it suitable for even 1 in 6 hills. At the same time it upped the top gear to enable the motor to drive to beyond 17 mph, with pedalling to 20 mph with ease on the flat and up to 27 with pedalling on slight downslopes. High speed handling not as good as some, but I did 38.4 mph downhill once without danger.
If I had to have only one bike now regardless of commuting or not, the new Torq and Quando would get the chop, I'd keep the four year old Twist.
For commuting, the inadequate dynamo lights would have to be changed for something more effective as usual with all production bikes. Giant followed me a year later by putting the SRAM P5 on a top of the range variant, but spoilt it a little by adding the weight of extras like suspension forks, hub brakes and dynamo, thicker frame etc, making it less like an ordinary bike and less easy to ride as one. At a pinch, that would be my second best.
If I commuted in a fairly flat area, I'd choose a Torq but modify it with my twistgrip mod which is an essential for maximum control in heavy traffic, fit an SRAM P5 gear hub, Magura hydraulic brakes and better lights. The 250% range SRAM P5 does away with all the unnecessary intermediate gears the 200% derailleur has and extends the gear range down to a better low gear. In practice the P5 operates on just the upper three gears nearly all the time, the lower two only necessary on much steeper hills, so riding with it is much more pleasant without constant unnecessary gears to go through, and it also has the maintenance free reliability of a hub gear. The Maguras would be a huge improvement for braking power and pleasant operation. It would end up an extremely expensive bike though, so only for one who could afford the chauffeur following with one's briefcase in the Rolls.
Probably not the answer you need John, but that's how things are at present.
