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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• Audi E-tron revealed as company's first electric car
• Mercedes squares up to Jaguar and Tesla with electric EQC
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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.

Mercedes EQC

Mercedes

Revealed in September, the EQC crossover is Mercedes' first electric car and will go up against the Tesla Model S and X, Audi E-tron and the Jaguar I-Pace when production begins in late-2019.

The EQC is one of 10 fully electric cars Mercedes plans to launch before 2025, as parent company Daimler gears up for the switch to electric.

Prices for the Mercedes have yet to be announced, although it is likely that the EQC will share a similar price to its rivals from Jaguar and Audi, at around $60,000 to $80,000 depending on specification. Range is a claimed 280 miles.

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