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Corporate relocation vehicle shipping
California-to-Texas is the defining corporate relocation corridor of the decade, and employee vehicles are the piece relo programs most often overpay for. Whether you're an HR team moving one hire or a relocation management company placing recurring volume, carrier-direct changes the math.
For employers and HR teams
A relocating employee's vehicle usually gets handled one of two ways: the employee books it themselves and expenses it (and gets broker-marked-up pricing plus a stressful experience), or it's bundled invisibly into a relocation package where nobody scrutinizes the line item. Booking the carrier directly fixes both: a firm price for the approval workflow, an invoice that matches the quote, and one accountable company if anything needs attention.
We ship on the corridors corporate relocation actually uses — coastal California into Dallas–Fort Worth, Austin, and Houston — with documentation clean enough for your expense system.
For relocation management companies
If you're an RMC or move coordinator placing vehicles on the CA↔TX↔AZ triangle, we can quote standing corridor rates rather than per-load spot pricing, with priority scheduling against our own dispatch calendar. That's capacity you can commit to a client, not a load-board posting you hope gets picked up. Send your typical lanes and monthly vehicle count for a program quote.
The employee experience (because HR hears about it)
- One contact, start to finish — the person who quotes it dispatches it.
- Photo condition reports on the Bill of Lading at pickup and delivery — the documentation that prevents disputes.
- Flexible handoff — the employee can fly ahead and have anyone with keys release the vehicle, or receive it at the new city after start date.
- Firm pricing — the number approved is the number invoiced.
Cost to ship a Tesla from California to Texas
EV pricing on the CA→TX corridor typically lands slightly above a comparable gas vehicle because of weight and positioning: expect roughly $1,000–$1,400 for a Model 3 or Model Y and $1,150–$1,550 for a Model S or Model X on open transport, depending on the exact city pair and season. Enclosed transport for high-value builds is quoted case by case.
Those are carrier ranges, not broker teasers — the number we quote for your addresses and dates is the number you pay.
Open vs enclosed for an EV
The vast majority of Teslas ship open — the same way they ship from the factory. Enclosed makes sense for a Plaid you care about cosmetically, a new delivery you want zero road exposure on, or anything with paint protection film you'd rather not test. Enclosed typically runs 40–60% above open rates on this corridor.
FAQ
Common questions
Can you invoice the company instead of the employee?
Yes — corporate-billed moves are standard. You get a firm quote for approval, and the invoice matches it, with the BOL chain attached.
Do you work with relocation management companies?
Yes — RMCs placing recurring volume on our corridors can get standing corridor rates and priority scheduling against our own dispatch calendar. Send lanes and monthly volume for a program quote.
What if the employee has already started at the new office?
Common and easy — anyone with keys releases the vehicle at origin, and the employee receives it at the new city on a scheduled window we coordinate directly with them.
Get a quote
A firm Sacramento → Houston price from the company that hauls it
Send the basics and we'll come back with a firm quote and the next available pickup window on this lane. No deposit games, no bait-and-switch.