What is fleet vehicle transport and who is it for?
Fleet vehicle transport means repositioning several vehicles at once, often from a depot or return lot instead of a home, on a schedule set by a lease end or a rental cycle rather than by a person relocating.
Fleet vehicle transport is how we move vehicles your rental company, corporate fleet or government fleet owns or leases, and we handle it directly. Your vehicle ships on our standard open transport by default, with enclosed transport available for a higher-value unit. We arrange it as a broker, dispatching to a vetted, licensed and insured carrier in our network rather than running a truck of our own.
Rental car companies repositioning vehicles between markets, corporate and government fleet operators, and leasing companies moving vehicles at the end of a lease term or into remarketing.
What does fleet vehicle transport cost?
Fleet and rental vehicles are priced like any Wave shipment, by distance, vehicle type and open or enclosed service. There is no separate fleet price table.
The reference ranges by distance band are on open car shipping and, for the higher-cost option, enclosed car shipping. Your fleet or rental rate, with any account-level terms, is set when you request a quote.
How does fleet vehicle transport work, step by step?
You submit each vehicle, we dispatch it to a vetted carrier, and it moves. The booking handles a depot address and, where relevant, an auction destination in place of a single home address.
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Fleet transport and a single-vehicle shipment
Both use the same transport equipment and booking safeguards; fleet work adds multi-vehicle coordination, commercial locations, and a single operational point of contact.
| Planning factor | Fleet move | Single-vehicle move |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle count | May involve several VINs with separate origin, destination, and condition details. | Covers one vehicle with one set of shipment details. |
| Locations | Often uses depots, rental-return lots, offices, or remarketing locations. | Often starts or ends near a home or another personal address. |
| Scheduling | Can be tied to lease returns, vehicle rotations, or operating deadlines. | Usually follows one customer's relocation or purchase schedule. |
| Coordination | A fleet contact may manage several drivers, releases, and delivery contacts. | The vehicle owner or one representative usually manages both ends. |
When fleet vehicle transport is NOT the right choice
If you're a dealer moving dealership inventory through auction pickups, trades and customer deliveries, use dealer auto transport instead. If you're one person shipping one car, you don't need this page either.
Fleet vehicle transport is for an organization moving vehicles it owns or leases as part of its own operations: a rental company repositioning cars, a corporate or government fleet reassigning them, a lessor remarketing them at the end of a term. A dealer buying and reselling inventory is a different account shape, with its own program, and belongs on dealer auto transport instead. And if you're shipping your own single vehicle with no fleet or rental account involved, you get nothing extra here. The booking process and pricing are identical, so a standard quote is simpler.
What we do and don't do for fleet and rental vehicles
We arrange transport for your rental or fleet vehicles as a broker, matching each one to a carrier in our vetted network, and we don't operate the trucks that move them.
Fleet vehicle transport FAQs
- Do you move rental and fleet vehicles?
Yes. We handle rental and fleet vehicle transport, and we arrange it as a broker rather than operating trucks of our own.
- Is fleet vehicle transport a different service from your standard car shipping?
No. A rental or fleet company is a customer segment, not a separate transport product. Your vehicle still ships on open transport by default, with enclosed transport available as an option, the same as for any customer.
- How much does it cost to ship fleet or rental vehicles?
There is no fleet-specific price table. Each vehicle is priced the same way as any shipment, by distance, vehicle type and open or enclosed service. See the reference ranges on open car shipping and enclosed car shipping, then get a live quote for your account rate.
- Can you pick up vehicles from a depot, rental-return lot or airport instead of a home address?
Yes. Our quote form accepts any pickup or delivery address, including a fleet depot, a rental-return lot or an airport facility. It's not limited to a residential address.
- Do you offer volume pricing for a fleet or rental account?
Not that we've published. We have negotiated volume pricing for our dealer program, but we haven't published equivalent terms for a fleet or rental account. Raise it directly when you request a quote.
- Do you transport fleet vehicles to or from an auction for remarketing?
Yes. We transport vehicles from and to Manheim, Copart, IAAI and ADESA. ADESA, for one, runs a standing weekly Fleet/Lease sale open to rental agencies and corporate and government fleets. We dispatch to that delivery point the same way we book any auction address.
- Can you transport a non-running or accident-damaged fleet vehicle?
Yes. We move damaged and non-running vehicles with specialized loading equipment. Extra fees can apply for loading or unloading a vehicle that can't drive on its own.
- Is enclosed transport available for a high-value fleet vehicle?
Yes. Enclosed transport is available for any fleet or rental vehicle you want extra protection for, the same as for any other booking. See enclosed car shipping for what it adds and costs.
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