Expect 2019 the year electric cars finally go mainstream.

While electric vehicles from Tesla and Jaguar proved popular at the luxury end of the market — with Nissan and Renault finding their own niche — 2019 will see the world's biggest car companies, like Audi, BMW and Volkswagen, go all-in on battery power.

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This shift has been years coming, and will continue to take effect into the next decade. But with so many mass-production EVs (electric vehicles) waiting in the wings for a 2019 launch, the next 12 months in particular will be thoroughly exciting.

As the world's biggest car makers go electric, we'll see also see Tesla take its Model 3 to Europe, the UK and beyond, and finally bring the promised and highly-anticipated $35,000 entry-level Model 3 to market in the US. 2019 will see electric cars become both affordable and widely accessible.

Bringing further options to the lower end of the electric car market will be BMW with the Mini E, and Honda with a production version of the Urban EV concept which won so many hearts with its retro looks back in 2017.

Click through the slideshow for the 13 new electric cars to get excited about in 2019.

Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo

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Revealed as a concept in early 2018, a production version of the Cross Turismo is expected to arrive in 2019. This car is based on the same electric platform as the Taycan, but sits higher and is aimed more at the 'lifestyle' market instead of being a luxury item.

Porsche announced in October that it will be putting the Cross Turismo into production, so hopefully we'll learn more about the car as 2019 progresses. The company also said in 2018 that an electric sports car will arrive in the coming years, and that its new 911 has been designed with a future hybrid powertrain in mind - but that version won't arrive until around 2022.

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