Is Lux Car Rides the same company as Elite Green Transportation?

No. Lux Car Rides is the trading name of South Cal Luxury Transportation LLC (luxcarrides.com, 619-816-7670 / 858-461-9752, 4854 Catamaran Ln, San Diego CA 92154), running gasoline sedans, SUVs and Sprinter vans across San Diego, Riverside and Orange counties. Elite Green Transportation (EGT, elitegreentransportation.com, 858-522-0264) is San Diego's only 100% electric licensed car service for SAN airport, operating a BMW i7 xDrive60, Rivian R1S and Cadillac Escalade IQ-L under California TCP #0046494-A. They are unrelated companies.

How much is a car service from La Jolla to San Diego airport?

It depends which sheet you read. Lux Car Rides publishes La Jolla at $100 in a sedan and $125 in an SUV, before its published $25 meet-and-greet, tolls and parking, which its page states are paid by the client (as published on luxcarrides.com, page dated November 29, 2023). Elite Green Transportation publishes La Jolla, UTC, Torrey Pines, Coronado and Del Mar as Zone 2: $80 in the BMW i7, $100 in the Rivian R1S, $120 in the Escalade IQ-L. The EGT number is all-in — gratuity, flight tracking, a 30-minute curbside wait and luggage handling are already inside it, and the rate is locked at booking with no surge. For context, other published La Jolla figures in the market run from about $95 to $153 one way, and Uber Black typically lands near $70 before tip and before surge.

Which is cheaper for San Diego to LAX?

EGT, on published numbers. Lux Car Rides publishes LAX at $500 in a sedan and $580 in an SUV. EGT publishes LAX at $425 flat in any vehicle — BMW i7, Rivian R1S or Escalade IQ-L, same price — with gratuity included. On John Wayne (SNA), Lux Car Rides publishes $350 sedan / $420 SUV against EGT's $299. Rates on both sides should be confirmed at booking; the Lux Car Rides page states its rates are subject to change.

When is Lux Car Rides the better choice?

Two clear cases. First, group size: Lux Car Rides runs Sprinter vans and group transportation, so a party of eight or more in one vehicle is theirs — EGT seats a maximum of five to six in the Escalade IQ-L. Second, geography: their published table reaches Temecula, Murrieta, Wildomar, Fallbrook, Camp Pendleton, San Clemente, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel and Irvine, well past EGT's San Diego County service area. Their hourly rate is also lower — $95 per hour for a sedan against EGT's $175 — though it carries a three-hour minimum and a 25% non-refundable deposit, where EGT's minimum is two hours.

Lux Car Rides vs Elite Green Transportation — Two Published San Diego Rate Sheets, Compared Line by Line

TL;DR

Different companies. Lux Car Rides is South Cal Luxury Transportation LLC (619-816-7670 / 858-461-9752). EGT is Elite Green Transportation (858-522-0264), TCP #0046494-A.
EGT is lower on every overlapping published lane — La Jolla, Downtown, Del Mar, Carlsbad, Coronado, LAX and SNA — and the EGT number is all-in.
Lux Car Rides publishes add-ons EGT doesn't charge: $25 meet-and-greet, $25 child seat, $15 booster, client pays all tolls and parking, and a full charge for cancellations inside 24 hours (as published).
Lux Car Rides genuinely wins two ways: Sprinter vans for groups past five or six, and a service map reaching Riverside and Orange counties. Their hourly sedan rate is also lower — $95 against EGT's $175 — with a three-hour minimum and a 25% non-refundable deposit.
Currency caveat, stated plainly: the Lux Car Rides rate page carries a modified date of November 29, 2023 and says rates are “subject to rate change.” Treat the figures below as what that page published, not as a live quote. Confirm with each operator.

First: not the same company

Lux Car Rides (luxcarrides.com) is the trading name of South Cal Luxury Transportation LLC, listing 4854 Catamaran Ln, San Diego CA 92154, with two booking numbers, 619-816-7670 and 858-461-9752. Its fleet pages describe gasoline sedans, SUVs, GMCs and Sprinter vans, and its service menu spans airport transfers, weddings, winery tours, corporate travel, late-night rides, group transportation and CBX / Tijuana airport runs.

Elite Green Transportation (elitegreentransportation.com, 858-522-0264) is San Diego's only 100% electric licensed car service for SAN airport. Every ride is a BMW i7 xDrive60, Rivian R1S or Cadillac Escalade IQ-L — zero tailpipe emissions, no exceptions. EGT operates under California TCP #0046494-A with $1.5M commercial liability. Commercial liability coverage is a standing CPUC requirement for every TCP charter-party carrier, and the number is verifiable on the CPUC carrier lookup. EGT is Native American-owned (Choctaw Nation) and woman-owned.

The published sheets, side by side

Both companies publish airport rates by pickup area. The Lux Car Rides column is quoted from its own rate page (luxcarrides.com/san-diego-car-service-rates, page modified November 29, 2023); the EGT column is the current published zone grid. Sedan and SUV are Lux Car Rides' own vehicle classes; EGT's equivalents are the BMW i7 (up to 2) and the Rivian R1S (up to 4).

SAN airport transfer, from	Lux Car Rides sedan / SUV, as published	EGT i7 / R1S, all-in
Downtown	$100 / $125	$65 / $85
La Jolla · UTC · Torrey Pines	$100 / $125	$80 / $100
Coronado	$100 / $125	$80 / $100
Del Mar	$125 / $150	$80 / $100
Solana Beach · Encinitas	$125 / $150 · $125 / $155	$80 / $95 / $115
Carlsbad	$170 / $200	$95 / $115
Rancho Santa Fe	$150 / $175	$95 / $115
Oceanside	$170 / $210	$115 / $135
LAX	$500 / $580	$425 — any vehicle
John Wayne (SNA)	$350 / $420	$299
Hourly charter	$95 sedan / $125 SUV — 3-hour minimum, 25% non-refundable deposit — their win on rate	$175 i7 / $200 SUV — 2-hour minimum

A note on reading their table fairly: a couple of rows look internally inconsistent as published — Escondido appears as $75 sedan against $200 SUV, and Sorrento Valley as $75 / $85 inside a band where neighbouring areas sit at $100–$155. That may be a typo, a legacy rate, or a deliberate promotion. If one of those is your pickup area, ask them to confirm the row before you book rather than assuming either number.

What's inside the number

Two rate sheets can print similar figures and mean very different things at the kerb. This is where the sheets diverge most.

	Lux Car Rides (as published)	Elite Green Transportation
Gratuity	Not stated as included on the rate page	Included in the published rate
Meet & greet	$25	Included — baggage-claim meet, no surcharge
Child seat / booster	Child seat $25, booster $15	Not rented. Parents supply and install their own seat — no charge either way
Tolls & parking	“Client Pays All Tolls and Parking Charges”	Inside the flat rate
Cancellation	Less than 24 hours: full charge	Call (858) 522-0264 — handled person-to-person
Rate stability	Page states rates are “subject to rate change”	Locked at booking; no surge, no day-of-week variation
Fleet	Gasoline sedans, SUVs, GMCs, Sprinter vans	100% electric: BMW i7 xDrive60 (2), Rivian R1S (4), Escalade IQ-L (5–6)
Max passengers, one vehicle	Sprinter van — well past 8 — their win	Up to 5–6 in the Escalade IQ-L
Service reach	San Diego, plus Temecula, Murrieta, Wildomar, Fallbrook, San Clemente, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, Irvine — their win	San Diego County, plus published long-distance flats (LAX, SNA, BUR, LGB, ONT, Palm Springs, Disneyland)
License published	Not published on the rate page — verify with operator	TCP #0046494-A, $1.5M liability, on every page
Driver	Professional chauffeurs	Named driver confirmed in advance, no substitutions, owner-answered

Worked example: La Jolla to SAN, two adults, one checked bag each

On the Lux Car Rides sheet that's the $100 sedan line. Add the published $25 meet-and-greet if you want your driver inside the terminal, add tolls and parking if any apply, and add gratuity, which the rate page doesn't state as included — at a customary 18–20% that is roughly $18–$20 on the base fare. A realistic all-in lands near $143–$145, and the page notes rates are subject to change.

On the EGT sheet it's $80. That is the number you were quoted and the number you pay: gratuity in, flight tracking in, 30 minutes of curbside wait in, luggage handling in, no surge if your flight lands at 5pm on a Friday. If your party is three or four, the Rivian R1S is $100 — still one vehicle rate, not a per-passenger addition.

Wider context on this lane. La Jolla to SAN is one of the most inconsistently priced routes in the city. Published one-way figures elsewhere in the market run from roughly $95–$125 to about $153, and Uber Black typically quotes near $70 before tip and before any surge multiplier. EGT's $80 sits low in that band while being the only one of them that is all-in and locked. Those third-party figures are what those operators published at the time of writing — check them yourself before you rely on them.

When Lux Car Rides is the right choice

Groups past five or six in one vehicle. Their Sprinter vans and group transportation service exist for exactly this. EGT tops out at five to six in the Escalade IQ-L, so a party of eight is theirs, full stop.
Trips that start or end outside San Diego County. Their published table reaches Temecula, Murrieta, Wildomar, Fallbrook, Camp Pendleton, San Clemente, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel and Irvine. If your pickup is in Riverside or south Orange County, EGT is not the operator to call.
Long hourly bookings where rate beats minimum. At $95 per hour for a sedan they are materially cheaper per hour than EGT's $175. Their three-hour minimum and 25% non-refundable deposit narrow that gap on shorter jobs — EGT's minimum is two hours with no deposit — but on a full afternoon of hourly work their number is simply lower.
Winery tours and Sprinter-based group days. A category EGT doesn't serve at that vehicle size.

When EGT is the right choice

You want the quoted number to be the final number. Gratuity, meet-and-greet, tolls, parking, flight tracking and a 30-minute wait are inside the EGT rate, not stacked on afterwards.
Airport lanes, on price. On every overlapping published SAN row above, and on LAX and SNA, EGT's figure is lower before add-ons are even counted.
Guaranteed electric. Every EGT ride is zero tailpipe emissions — not “electric if available.” If your company reports on Scope 3 travel emissions, EGT publishes a quarterly EV impact statement.
Verifiable on paper. TCP #0046494-A and $1.5M liability published on every page, checkable against the CPUC carrier lookup.
Named-driver accountability. Confirmed in advance, no substitutions, owner-answered, with every booking confirmed inside 15 minutes.
Parties of five or fewer. One vehicle rate, no per-passenger math.

Honest note. Lux Car Rides has been publishing a rate table since well before EGT published its zone grid, and covers a service area and a set of vehicle sizes EGT cannot match — if you need a Sprinter, a Temecula pickup, or a cheap hourly rate over a long day, they are the better call and this page won't pretend otherwise. Where EGT wins is the overlapping San Diego airport lanes on published price, the fact that the published price is all-in and locked, and a fleet that is electric every single time. All Lux Car Rides figures above are quoted from luxcarrides.com as of August 14, 2026, from a page dated November 29, 2023 that states rates are subject to change — confirm current rates and vehicles with each operator at booking.

Lux Car Rides vs Elite Green Transportation