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.

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Honda Urban EV

Honda

After winning our hearts with its retro looks in early 2018, Honda is expected to put the Urban EV into mass production in 2019.

Styled like early hatchbacks of the Seventies and Eighties, the Urban EV is a compact supermini designed for city-center driving and short commutes. Honda says it will reveal a production version of the Urban EV at next year's Geneva Motor Show, in March.

Very few technical details have been shared by Honda, though it is widely suspected that the Urban EV will have a range of around 155 miles — short of the Tesla Model 3's claimed 220 miles, but roughly on par with the BMW i3's claimed 186 miles.

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