and nearly 4,000 during the first nine months of 2015 , During the first nine months of 2015 , about 16,600 i3 electric cars and nearly 4,000 i8 plug-in hybrids were sold globally .
Globally over 16,000 i3 electric cars and over 3,500 i8 plug-in hybrids were sold in the first nine months of 2015 .