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.

Byton

Byton

A year on from showing off its first concept, electric car startup Byton will use the CES technology show in Las Vegas in January to reveal a production version. The company is hosting a press conference on January 6, and teaser images inviting journalists to the event suggest the production car retains the concept's enormous 49-inch dashboard display, which uniquely spans the entire width of the car's interior.

Byton says mass production of the car will begin by the end of 2019, and that currently it has a fleet of over 100 prototypes being tested.

The company says its first car will have a range of between 250 and 320 miles depending on specification, and fast charging will refill the battery to 80 percent in as little as 30 minutes. Byton also claims the car will feature Level 3 autonomous driving features at launch, but will offer vehicles with Level 4 by 2020.

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