In Pixar's Cars 2, what is the name of the film's hidden villain?

Miles Axlerod is the hidden villain in Pixar's Cars 2.

Axlerod is introduced as a former oil tycoon who has converted himself into an electric car. He presents the World Grand Prix as a celebration of alternative fuel and international racing, but his public image conceals a plan to manipulate the event and provoke a global crisis.

His scheme depends on Allinol, the alternative fuel used by the competing cars. The fuel is secretly designed to make cars vulnerable to electromagnetic attacks, allowing Axlerod's organization to discredit alternative energy and profit from the resulting chaos.

Cars 2 initially frames Mater as a comic outsider and Lightning McQueen as the racing star, while British agents Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell investigate the conspiracy. Axlerod's identity is revealed late in the film, making him easy to confuse with Professor Zündapp, another major antagonist.