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.

Aston Martin Rapide E

Aston Martin

British sports car maker Aston Martin has been teasing its electric Rapide E for what feels like years, but deliveries will finally begin in late-2019. This is a four-seat luxury sedan intended to rival the Tesla Model S, Jaguar I-Pace and Audi E-tron GT.

The car's range is said to be 200 miles when using the new WLTP (Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure), around 50 miles short of the nearest Tesla equivalent, the Model S 75D, which has a larger 75kWh battery pack.

Aston claims the car can recharge at a rate of 185 miles of range per hour from a regular 400v 50kWh charger, or at 310 miles per hour on an 800V outlet. That second figure is similar to what Teslas achieve when hooked up to one of the company's Superchargers.

Just 155 examples will be produced, but the research Aston Martin has put into this car will be used on an upcoming range of EVs under the company's long-dormant Lagonda brand from 2020.

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