In Pixar’s Cars 2, which former oil tycoon becomes the villain Sir Miles Axlerod?

In Pixar’s Cars 2, the former oil tycoon who becomes Sir Miles Axlerod is Miles Axlerod.

Axlerod presents himself as an environmental reformer and organizes the World Grand Prix to promote Allinol, a supposedly clean alternative fuel. His public image conceals the film’s central conspiracy: he intends to make Allinol appear dangerous by using electromagnetic weapons to trigger engine failures in competitors.

The plot sends Lightning McQueen and Mater through international locations including Tokyo, Porto Corsa, and London. Mater is mistaken for an American spy and becomes involved with British agents Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell. Axlerod’s scheme is eventually exposed, and he is revealed to have transformed himself into an electric vehicle after his oil career.

Axlerod is sometimes confused with Professor Zündapp, the German scientist who helps develop the weapons. Zündapp is an accomplice, but Axlerod is the mastermind and the character whose public title is Sir Miles Axlerod.