Michigan sues oil companies, saying they colluded to restrain EV competition
Source: WKZO-TV Kalamazoo, MI/Reuters
Jan 23, 2026 | 11:27 AM
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Friday filed an antitrust lawsuit against four major oil companies, asserting they have colluded for decades to forestall competition from renewable energy, including electric vehicles. The lawsuit by Nessel, a Democrat, was filed in U.S. District Court in western Michigan and names BP, Chevron, Exxon, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute.
The complaint said the companies acted “as a cartel, agreeing to reduce the production and distribution of electricity from renewable sources and to restrain the emergence of electric vehicles and renewable primary energy technologies in the United States.”
A lawyer for Chevron in a statement called Michigan’s lawsuit “baseless as demonstrated by multiple related court dismissals” in other venues, including New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware. It and the other companies have been fighting for years against a slew of lawsuits by state and local governments against major energy companies seeking to hold them responsible for climate change, many of which remain pending.
“This lawsuit also ignores the fact that Michigan is highly dependent on oil and gas to support the state’s automakers and workers,” Theodore Boutrous Jr, Chevron’s lawyer, said. Shell declined to comment. Representatives from BP, Exxon and the American Petroleum Institute did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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