Cheap San Francisco electric car rentals from $34/day

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Polestar 2 car
Polestar 2
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4-5
$35/day
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Class Intermediate Car car
Class Intermediate Car
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5
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4-5
$35/day
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Ford Mustang Mach-E car
Ford Mustang Mach-E
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5
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4-5
$39/day
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Tesla Model Y car
Tesla Model Y
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2/4
$44/day
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Class Premium SUV car
Class Premium SUV
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4-5
$51/day
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Class Special Car
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2/4
$34/day
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Tesla Model X
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5
4-5
$56/day
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KAYAK’s insights & trends for San Francisco electric car rentals

Check out the latest trends and booking tips to rent an electric car in San Francisco with confidence.

How far in advance should you book an electric car in San Francisco?

You should book your electric rental in San Francisco around 84 days in advance to secure a below-average price. EV availability is more limited than gas cars, so booking early helps you access the best models, especially Teslas and other high-range options.

What is the cheapest electric car rental company in San Francisco?

In the past year, some of the lowest prices for electric car rentals in San Francisco were found with Turo ($5/day), Thrifty ($18/day), and Dollar ($20/day). Rates can vary by pick-up location, but airport-adjacent branches often offer competitive pricing.

Which electric car rental companies in San Francisco have electric vehicle locations?

Based on ratings and reviews from real users on KAYAK, Avis (6.7, 122 reviews), Budget (7.0, 271 reviews) and Enterprise Rent-A-Car (7.7, 43 reviews) operates the most EV-ready rental locations in San Francisco. This makes it easier to find an EV near San Francisco airports, like San Francisco Airport and San Jose Airport.

Avis
Avis
Rated 6.7/10
Budget
Budget
Rated 7.0/10
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Rated 7.7/10
Dollar
Dollar
Rated 4.9/10

What is the cheapest month to rent an electric car in San Francisco?

The cheapest month to rent an electric car in San Francisco is typically December, when demand is lower and daily rates drop. The most expensive month is April, when travel peaks and EV rentals become harder to secure.

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Sixt

8.1

Very good

Read 54 reviews

Cleanliness

8.8

Comfort

8.8

Pick-up/Drop-off

8.0

Value for money

8.0

One location in San Francisco

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from$101/day

Locations in San Francisco

780 N McDonnell Rd

+1 888 749 8227

Monday06:00 - 23:5900:00 - 01:00
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6.0 Okay

Andreas, Jan 2026

Intermediate SUV

KAYAK
Old scratched car, expected better from Sixt

2.0 Poor

Emma, May 2025

Convertible

KAYAK
Never renting from this company again! Felt like I was dealing with a slimy salesman when I picked up the car at SFO. At the end of our rental period, the car (a BMW 4 Series Convertible) broke down due to mechanical issues and wouldn’t start. It took 15 minutes for the “emergency roadside assistance” phone number to be answered. The customer service agents who eventually answered showed no concern or care for our situation! They also implied that I may be responsible for the cost of towing the car. There is no way to reach the SFO rental desk directly; 1-800 numbers only that just ring and ring, even in roadside emergencies. There is a reason other car rental agencies had lines of customers at their desks and Sixt had none! I highly recommend you do NOT rent from this company!

10.0 Wonderful

Anonymous, Aug 2024

Full-size

KAYAK
Excellent from beginning to end

10.0 Wonderful

Anonymous, Aug 2024

Intermediate SUV

KAYAK
CSR at pick up was very friendly and helpful!

10.0 Wonderful

CAROL, Jun 2024

Minivan

KAYAK
Went very well. Quick at the counter and easy return. The car didn't have all the bells and whistles but it was clean and worked

2.0 Poor

Sarah, Dec 2023

Intermediate

KAYAK
I was not given a damage slip or told to look at the damage ahead of time on my rental car. I was told (through an email) that a scratch was there that had not been there before my rental. I drove the car the entire time with the exception of valets at my hotel and did not cause damage. Because I did not get to inspect it and was not given a form to do so, I do not have evidence that something happened under my watch and just have to take their word. I also would have liked them to tell me when I turned the car in, as I did not have a chance to see what they are saying I did. It all feels pretty unfair. This could have been resolved if they had given me a damage form ahead of time.

1 out of 18

Budget

7.0

Good

Read 141 reviews
Best rated

Cleanliness

7.7

Comfort

7.7

Pick-up/Drop-off

7.1

Value for money

6.8

6 locations in San Francisco

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from$51/day

Locations in San Francisco

333 O'farrell Street

+1 628 895 0436

Monday08:00 - 17:00
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5 Embarcadero Center

+1 415 433 3717

Monday08:00 - 17:00
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500 Beach Street, Suite 120

+1 415 292 3683

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675 Post Street

+1 415 674 1917

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780 Mcdonnell Road

+1 650 877 0998

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821 Howard Street

+1 415 957 9998

Monday08:00 - 17:00
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10.0 Wonderful

Meaders, May 2026

Intermediate

KAYAK
Great car and easy return.

2.0 Poor

Anonymous, May 2026

Intermediate SUV

KAYAK
There were no cars available at my pick up time. I had to rent through another company. That was annoying but the person working at the Budget was very transparent, helpful, and gracious.

10.0 Wonderful

Edward, May 2026

Intermediate

KAYAK
Efficient enough. Express pick-up was not explained beforehand.

8.0 Very good

Robert, Apr 2026

Intermediate SUV

KAYAK
When the car wouldn’t start part way into the journey, Budget took responsibility, albeit with a fair amount of pushing and a delay in our trip.

4.0 Mediocre

Anonymous, Apr 2026

Intermediate

KAYAK
Picking up the rental car was a terrible experience. I flew in to SFO around 5pm on Thursday and was one of the first people in line at Budget. I had already checked in online, but still had to wait in line. There were 5 people working at Avis and 1 at Budget. The Budget employee walked off for 15 minutes, popped his head in to see the growing line (from 20 to about 50 people) and walked away again. I gave him the benefit of the doubt and assumed he was taking his employee break, but there should have been more coverage, especially because Avis had so many people who refused to help the Budget customers (my understanding is they’re the same company now). After waiting 45 minutes, the checkout was quick (aside from the Budget employee trying to upsale me on everything). I eventually found my car in the parking garage and it looked like it had not been vacuumed or cleaned since the last customer. I usually book with Enterprise, but they were fully booked. You can do online check-ins instead of waiting in line, and their employees are always friendly. I will not book with Budget again.

2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Apr 2026

Intermediate

KAYAK
Waited 3 hours to pick up car in San Francisco with no apologies from staff.

1 out of 47

Avis

6.7

Okay

Read 56 reviews

Cleanliness

7.6

Comfort

7.3

Pick-up/Drop-off

6.8

Value for money

6.9

6 locations in San Francisco

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from$57/day

Locations in San Francisco

333 O'farrell Street

+1 415 292 4045

Monday08:00 - 17:00
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5 Embarcadero Center

+1 415 395 4758

Monday08:00 - 17:00
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500 Beach Street, Suite 120

+1 415 441 4141

Monday08:00 - 17:00
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675 Post Street

+1 415 929 2555

Monday07:00 - 17:00
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780 Mcdonnell Road

+1 650 877 6780

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821 Howard Street

+1 415 227 4227

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2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Apr 2026

Standard

KAYAK
They refused the rental

6.0 Okay

Anonymous, Apr 2026

Full-size

KAYAK
They did not give me the car i requested

2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Mar 2026

Intermediate

KAYAK
It’s terrible experience with counter service, louder and very unfriendly service at pick up counter.

10.0 Wonderful

Anonymous, Feb 2026

Intermediate SUV

KAYAK
It was pretty easy and the car worked well

2.0 Poor

Shiva, Dec 2025

Intermediate SUV

KAYAK
Car stopped 3 times engine was broken

10.0 Wonderful

Aaron, Dec 2025

Economy

KAYAK
Staff were awesome. Friendly and knowledgeable. Won over a new repeat customer.

1 out of 19

Hertz

6.1

Okay

Read 84 reviews

Cleanliness

7.6

Comfort

7.3

Pick-up/Drop-off

6.2

Value for money

6.2

2 locations in San Francisco

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from$45/day

Locations in San Francisco

325 Mason Street

+1 415 771 2200

Monday07:00 - 17:00
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780 Mcdonnell Road

+1 650 624 6600

Monday00:00 - 01:00
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8.0 Very good

Anonymous, Apr 2026

Compact

KAYAK
it was a good experience. easy and friendly. entrance is on mason .

2.0 Poor

Desiree, Apr 2026

Compact

KAYAK
I didn’t rent the car and I still didn’t get my refund!!!

10.0 Wonderful

Oded, Aug 2025

Premium

KAYAK
they are our favourite rental car company--- consistently caring well for their customers.

2.0 Poor

Anonymous, May 2025

Premium

KAYAK
We were promised a luxury car but given a compact suv instead and it was terrible

2.0 Poor

Carlos, May 2025

Premium

KAYAK
My experience with Kayak was terrible. For the second time using Kayak, I was misled when I arrived at the car rental company’s counter. First, the car category in the company’s system was different from what I had purchased and had proof of. On top of that, the insurance wasn’t included. My Kayak reservation receipt didn’t mention anything about insurance. Unacceptable! In the end, I paid more than twice what I had originally agreed to. Truly disappointing!

10.0 Wonderful

Jack, May 2025

Compact SUV

KAYAK
Great experience. Loved the pre check process allowing me to go straight to the car.

1 out of 28

Thrifty

5.0

Fair

Read 119 reviews
Cheapest deal
Most popular

Cleanliness

6.9

Comfort

6.3

Pick-up/Drop-off

5.1

Value for money

5.2

One location in San Francisco

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from$37/day

Locations in San Francisco

780 Mcdonnell Rd

+1 866 434 2226

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6.0 Okay

Anonymous, May 2026

Compact SUV

KAYAK
I was a disappointed with the price. When I got all the information I have one price and when I returned the car, it is a completely different price. I’ve tried discussed with the agent how much will be the total. I didn’t have time to discuss that because I have to make it to my flight.

2.0 Poor

Pamelyn, Apr 2026

Economy

KAYAK
What a scam. The rental cost I locked online more than doubled after they added their fees and CA taxes - the counter agent also lied and said liability was required in CA but it’s not if you have your own. She also said it was cheaper to have them refuel. Not even close. I am waiting for a resolution but wouldn’t rent from them again.

2.0 Poor

Miles, Mar 2026

Passenger van

KAYAK
I was told I'd have a large van and was given a mini-van. The cost I agreed to was in the $900 range. I called ahead to be sure they had the van and also that they confirmed the price. When I arrived to pick it up, after waiting nearly 2 hours in line, I was charged upwards of $1600. I would never have agreed to this and found another option, however, my family was all arriving that day for a very important event and all of it depended upon having a van - and the van we received was not large enough and did not match the van that I reserved online.

2.0 Poor

Sean, Oct 2025

Compact SUV

KAYAK
Terrible. Don’t use them. They jacked up the price every way possible. They also wouldn’t honor the price booked online. Then they thought it funny to stick me with a 9 seater van instead of mid size sedan. Then they charged me more again. Also all agents were actively misrepresenting how fuel worked tricking people into paying for a full tank. It is shyster scam level stuff. Do not rent from them.

2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Jul 2025

Intermediate SUV

KAYAK
Actually giving me a hybrid as I paid for instead of partial hybrid. Having the windshield clean on the inside instead of what ever white residue was blinding me when other cars had their head lights on. Removing the awful smell in the car before giving it to customers.

10.0 Wonderful

Anonymous, Jul 2025

Intermediate

KAYAK
liked the car and the service. Pickup was slow because of the large crowd and limited number of agents in the very early hours.

1 out of 40

Dollar

4.9

Mediocre

Read 84 reviews

Cleanliness

6.8

Comfort

6.3

Pick-up/Drop-off

5.0

Value for money

5.2

2 locations in San Francisco

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Locations in San Francisco

780 Mcdonnell Rd

+1 866 434 2226

Monday00:00 - 01:00
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840 Ellis Street

+1 415 923 1119

Monday08:00 - 17:00
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2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Aug 2025

Intermediate SUV

KAYAK
Horrible customer service. Was told that I needed to wait to be called up in the queue when there was no one in line, which was shared between Thrifty kiosk. They should create two lines to decrease confusion. Representative was incredibly rude and short. They didn’t have the car I reserved and offered me a supposedly equivalent car which was fine but didn’t tell me that I would have to manually charge this car in order to benefit from the electric/hybrid option of the car. Ended up spending a lot on gas when I intentionally booked a hybrid to save money on gas.

2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Jul 2025

Supplier choice

KAYAK
The customer line at SFO was over an hour wait. Only 2 agents were able to help.

2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Apr 2025

Open air all terrain

KAYAK
Liked? Nothing waited over an 1 hr. In line. And then the car I paid for was not available. So I given a smaller car. Which I had to pay extra for.

8.0 Very good

Johnnie, Jan 2025

Compact SUV

KAYAK
The staff were very helpful especially Nick. The car I booked wasnt there but they quickly replaced it. The car did have some small trash inside still from the last user

4.0 Mediocre

Lily, Nov 2024

Standard

KAYAK
They charged more than $30 for extra gas because they say in the their system looks like needed more gas, but was full, the lady who Received the car saw the car was full, so that was unfair!!

2.0 Poor

Bruce, Oct 2024

Full-size SUV

KAYAK
Line at airport was EXTREMELY long. Extra help only showed up about an hour in to my wait.

1 out of 28

Alamo

8.8

Very good

Read 4 reviews

Cleanliness

8.9

Comfort

8.9

Pick-up/Drop-off

8.9

Value for money

8.2

One location in San Francisco

from$93/day

Locations in San Francisco

340 O Farrell St

+1 888 826 6893

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car

7.7

Good

Read 23 reviews

Cleanliness

8.4

Comfort

7.6

Pick-up/Drop-off

7.8

Value for money

7.7

4 locations in San Francisco

from$166/day

Locations in San Francisco

340 O Farrell St

+1 415 837 1700

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350 Beach St

+1 415 474 9600

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687 Folsom St

+1 415 546 6777

Monday08:00 - 17:00
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780 North Mcdonnell Rd

+1 833 635 0431

Monday06:00 - 23:59
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10.0 Wonderful

Anonymous, May 2026

Intermediate SUV

KAYAK
Staff was friendly, helpful and accommodating. Car was clean, comfortable and exactly as advertised. Great experience. The only problem was with Enterprise itself. I was going to be arriving right at my dropoff time, which was also when the office was supposed to close, and wanted to make sure they knew I was arriving. When I tried calling, I was routed to a general Enterprise phone system and had no way of routing my call to the actual branch where I was dropping off. The automated message told me the office was closed, even though it was before the time when the branch actually closed. Caused unnecessary stress, but it worked out in the end.

2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Feb 2026

Pickup truck

KAYAK
Your systems aren’t in sync with the rental car place. I got the counter. He said that you’re booking was an accepted because it was made on the same day.

10.0 Wonderful

george, Dec 2024

Full-size

KAYAK
Quick, easy and not too expensive.

2.0 Poor

Ashley, Nov 2024

Compact SUV

KAYAK
When I arrived they told me they did not have my reservation but the guy did seem to know who I was so it was confusing then he tried to upsell me.

10.0 Wonderful

Anonymous, Oct 2024

Intermediate SUV

KAYAK
Always pleasant on both ends of trip.

10.0 Wonderful

Anonymous, Nov 2023

Intermediate SUV

KAYAK
Easy! Quick! Great people!
1344 travelers who rented a car in San Francisco gave the car agency they used an average rating of 6.5

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FAQs about renting an electric car in San Francisco

  • Which car rental companies offer electric vehicles in San Francisco?

    Several major rental companies in San Francisco offer electric vehicles, but availability can vary depending on the pickup location and season.
    Companies that frequently offer EV rentals include:

    1. Turo
    2. Thrifty
    3. Budget
    4. Dollar
    5. Hertz

    For the best selection, it’s recommended to search early and enable the Electric filter when browsing on KAYAK.

  • How much does it cost to rent an electric car in San Francisco?

    The daily cost of renting an electric car in San Francisco depends on the rental company, the model you choose, the season, and how early you book. Based on recent KAYAK pricing data, the average daily rate for electric car rentals in San Francisco is $59, compared to $64 for standard gas cars.

    Here’s what you can expect:

    • Average price: $5 – $288 per day

    Prices may fluctuate, so it’s always best to check your travel dates directly on KAYAK for real-time rates.

  • Which is the most popular car rental agency for electric vehicles in San Francisco?

    Based on real user feedback on KAYAK, Budget leads the way in EV-ready rental locations across San Francisco, offering travelers convenient access to electric cars near San Francisco (SFO). With 6 locations throughout San Francisco, Budget is easily accessible for travelers.

  • Which local San Francisco hotels have an EV charging station?

    Several hotels in San Francisco offer on-site EV charging for guests. Popular choices include Fairmont San Francisco, Hilton San Francisco Financial District and Intercontinental Hotels Mark Hopkins San Francisco By IHG, all of which provide charging points. When booking accommodation, check the “EV charger” filter on KAYAK to find hotels that fit your needs.

  • What are the most popular electric cars to rent in San Francisco?

    Travelers often choose EVs that are simple to park, have reliable battery performance, and support fast charging throughout the city.
    Some of the most rented electric cars on KAYAK include:
    • Tesla Model 3
    • Tesla Model Y
    • Polestar 2

  • What is the average cost of renting an electric car for a week in San Francisco?

    On average, you can expect to pay between $39 and $234 per week for a standard electric vehicle in San Francisco.

Everything you need to know for your electric car rental in San Francisco