Why did Cook refuse to take a meeting with Musk about an acquisition?
This was Tweeted here: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1341485211209637889.
Apple probably has their own vertically integrated self-driving / electric car supply chain and their own self-driving / electric car product in the works. Why would the famously secretive company expose their future products before they're ready? Also, as good as Musk is at his work, Cook probably didn't want merge with volatile Musk.
Tesla wasn't worth the asking price then, and wouldn't be worth it now if Apple had bought it.
So both Apple and Tesla dodged a bullet.
Why not take the call and answer "no" ?