Most shipments from California to Tennessee take 4 to 7 days and cost $1,600 to $2,250 for open transport.
Reference pricing by specific origin and destination. Your price holds for 28 days.
| Route | Distance | Open price | Enclosed price |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco to Knoxville | 2,481 mi | $1,900 to $2,250 | $3,200 to $3,850 |
| San Francisco to Nashville | 2,303 mi | $1,600 to $1,900 | $2,700 to $3,250 |
| San Jose to Nashville | 2,260 mi | $1,700 to $2,050 | $2,900 to $3,450 |
| Los Angeles to Knoxville | 2,189 mi | $1,750 to $2,050 | $2,950 to $3,500 |
| Los Angeles to Nashville | 2,004 mi | $1,600 to $1,900 | $2,700 to $3,200 |
| San Diego to Nashville | 1,988 mi | $1,800 to $2,250 | $3,100 to $3,800 |
All 6 priced routes from California to Tennessee are in the full price list, open and enclosed.
Pricing refreshed monthly based on current carrier rates.
Quotes well below the typical range are almost always bait-and-switch. You are quoted a low price to pay the deposit, and then the price is bumped at the last minute.
Insured under federal cargo liability requirements. Coverage is part of the quote, not an add-on.
Your price holds for 28 days. Cancel free until 7 days before pickup.
Most shipments run door to door. If access is tight (narrow streets, low clearance), we will arrange a nearby meeting point.
One percent of every booking funds Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit working on transport and energy emissions.
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Your price holds for 28 days. Cancel free until 7 days before pickup.
California is one of the two states that send Tennessee the most new residents. Florida is the other. A car leaving California on this run spends most of its 2,000 or so miles on I-40, which goes through Nashville and then on to Knoxville.
For a financed car, yes. The Nashville and Knoxville county clerks register it from the current California registration and the lender’s name and address.
A California car loan leaves the title with the lender, so the registration is what the clerk works from at the counter. Knoxville takes the original or a certified copy. Nashville is specific about the limit: once the registration has been expired for more than six months, you need a copy of the title, or its electronic record, from the lender instead.
If the California renewal falls due during the move, we’d pay it before the car leaves. A current registration keeps the lender out of it.
If the move makes you a Tennessee resident, these are the state's rules for the car.
Checked October 2026 against Tennessee Department of Revenue, Knox County Clerk, Federal Register, Metro Nashville Public Health. Rules change; the state's own site has the final word.
One percent of every booking goes to Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit working on policy and technology to clean up transport and energy emissions.
Our giving is independently verified each year.
Open transport from California to Tennessee runs $1,600 to $2,250. Los Angeles to Nashville, about 2,000 miles, costs $1,600 to $1,900, while San Francisco to Knoxville, the furthest apart at nearly 2,500 miles, costs $1,900 to $2,250.
Most cars take 4 to 7 days from pickup in California to delivery in Tennessee. Nashville is the nearer of the two cities, about 2,000 miles from Los Angeles, and Knoxville sits nearly 200 miles further east on the same interstate.
To ship a car, request a quote with your origin, destination, and vehicle details. Sequoia matches you with a driver according to your pickup window, the driver picks up your vehicle, and delivers it at your destination.
The deposit is charged 7 days before your pickup window opens; for a pickup inside 7 days it is held on your card at booking and charged when your driver is confirmed. The remaining balance is paid to the driver at delivery.
Yes. Every toll, bridge and congestion charge the truck pays on the way is already in your quote, and nothing is added for them after you book.
Wash the car so its condition is easy to record, photograph it from each corner, and leave about a quarter tank of fuel. Take out anything above the 100 pound personal item allowance, and take your toll transponder such as FasTrak, E-ZPass or SunPass off the windshield, because toll gantries can read it while the car rides the truck. Have a working key ready for the driver.
Every shipment is insured by the carrier under federal cargo liability requirements.
One to two weeks ahead is enough on most routes. Busy corridors handle shorter notice, and quieter lanes benefit from the full two weeks. Booking earlier does not lower the price; it settles your dates sooner, and the price holds for 28 days either way.
Your price holds for 28 days. Cancel free until 7 days before pickup.
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