Miles Axlerod is revealed as the mastermind behind the plot to discredit Allinol in Pixar’s Cars 2.
Axlerod presents himself as the organizer of the World Grand Prix and promotes Allinol, a supposedly clean alternative fuel. The races are secretly used to demonstrate that the fuel is dangerous when activated by electromagnetic pulses, causing cars to lose control and making the public reject alternative fuels.
The conspiracy is designed to benefit cars that use petroleum-based fuel. Axlerod is ultimately exposed as the villain directing the plan, while Professor Zündapp serves as a major operative and inventor of the destructive technology.
Axlerod’s identity is a major late-film reveal, so he should not be confused with Finn McMissile, the British spy investigating the conspiracy, or Rod Redline, an American agent whose warning starts the spy storyline.