All in all, Hyundai is having a banner year in the United States. Hyundai's high-tech SUV is smashing through US sales records — here's what's driving interest first appeared on The Cool Down.

Hyundai Motor India and Evo India, a leading auto magazine firm, organized the event. The IONIQ 5 began its journey at Umling La in Leh Ladakh, which is known as the world’s highest driveable road, at 19,025 ft (5,799 m) above sea level.

The Hyundai Ioniq 6 is part of Hyundai’s growing lineup of electric vehicles. This sleek sedan is unchanged this model year aside from dropping Digital Green from its range of exterior colors and adding a head-up display to the Limited trim.

A Hyundai Ioniq 5 has set a new record for the greatest altitude change by an EV. Over the course of 14 days, the car descended 19,035 feet to end 9.8 feet below sea level. The record was set in India and saw the Ioniq 5 travel more than 3,