I don't see Tim Cook taking that job given he had a long personal connection to Steve Jobs. He would probably spend the rest of his career working at Apple.
Also Tim Cook has the ability to say no and said no he did: he canned the Apple car project because he understood the risks and the costs and decided its not worth it.
If Cook were running Tesla he would likely have made the decision that one of the early activist investors tried to push: license the battery and motor tech to other companies and don't get into car building. It took someone with a nearly religious conviction like Musk to get you that Model 3 that you love so much. Where a rational person says no that kind of a person keeps going, to hell with the consequences.
Also Tim Cook has the ability to say no and said no he did: he canned the Apple car project because he understood the risks and the costs and decided its not worth it.
If Cook were running Tesla he would likely have made the decision that one of the early activist investors tried to push: license the battery and motor tech to other companies and don't get into car building. It took someone with a nearly religious conviction like Musk to get you that Model 3 that you love so much. Where a rational person says no that kind of a person keeps going, to hell with the consequences.