Electric Skis With Treads Are Here, Is This Skiing’s E-Bike?

Remember that J Skis April Fools joke? The one where they said they’d made self-powered skis in collaboration with Tesla? It was a good gag.
 E-Outdoor, a Swiss company, however, isn’t fooling around. Their new product, the aptly named E-Skimo, is actually a pair of electricity-assisted skis.It works with a powertrain, a rubber tread system that runs under the ski, and a lightweight battery pack, giving backcountry skiers a boost as they schlep uphill. The relevant gizmos are at