There have been speculations of Apple Inc. acquiring Tesla Inc . If this were to happen, the combined entity could “take over the auto industry” over the next two decades “as consumers embrace electric vehicles and automation,” Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster said in a report.Munster added that Apple didn’t even need to acquire Tesla and could simply made an equity investment of $10 billion in the automaker. He added, however, that an investment — and even less so an acquisition — “would be hard to pull off.”Read more