Used Electric Cars for Sale in Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana drives electric at nearly twice the national rate

About 4% of the cars registered in Santa Ana are fully electric, against about 2% nationwide. Here's the climb since 2020, with Santa Ana now at nearly twice the national rate.

How Santa Ana does EVs

• Tesla country, like the rest of the county. Tesla accounts for about six in ten of Santa Ana's electric cars, about the same as across Orange County, and the rest of the mix tracks the county's.
• The 2023 wave. About a fifth of Santa Ana's 2023-model-year cars are electric, the highest share of any full model year, and 2023s are also the most common used EVs on nearby lots.
• Biggest movers since 2023. Tesla still added the most electric cars in Santa Ana over the past three years, but Audi gained about half again as much ground in the city as it did countywide.

What's for sale near Santa Ana right now

There are 1,674 used electric cars listed for sale within 15 miles of Santa Ana this week, at a median listing price of $32,000 and about 32,000 miles on the odometer. But only 219 of those pass our model, dealer and mileage screen. Across all of Orange County, 233 used electric cars qualify as Bestest.

Most listed: Model Y (233), Model 3 (215), Model X (118), Model S (91), IONIQ 5 (82).

• Model years. More than half are 2023 or 2024 models.
• Where they are. Most sit at dealers in Costa Mesa, Santa Ana and Buena Park; 202 are in Santa Ana itself.
• Under $25,000. About 1 in 4 of them.

Active dealer listings within 15 miles of Santa Ana on 2026-11-02, via Marketcheck. Refreshed weekly. Full county report: the Orange County EV market, updated weekly →

Used EVs near you

• Used EVs in Tustin, median $32,100
• Used EVs in Orange, median $32,300
• Used EVs in Garden Grove, median $32,000
• Used EVs in Irvine, median $32,800
• Used EVs in Anaheim, median $31,000
• Used EVs in Costa Mesa, median $32,500
• Used EVs in Newport Beach, median $32,700
• Used EVs in Huntington Beach, median $32,000
• Used EVs in Buena Park, median $29,800
• Used EVs in Mission Viejo, median $36,600
• Used EVs in Laguna Niguel, median $37,500

All used EVs in Orange County, 233 qualify as Bestest.

About this data: These figures come from Bestest's analysis of California DMV vehicle registrations (January 1, 2026, the most recent available; brand growth compares the January 2023 and January 2026 files) and the US Department of Energy's national count of registered vehicles (year-end 2025). Fuel type and model year are reported for every registered vehicle. The DMV leaves the make blank for some vehicles; Tesla is named for nearly all of its cars, so Tesla's share is a conservative figure and other brands' counts are minimums. Analysis by Jason Allan, former head of vehicle reviews and ratings at Kelley Blue Book. Updated October 2026. How we calculate city car data →