The loophole behind Steve Jobs's plateless Mercedes

Steve Jobs's silver Mercedes, famous for having no licence plate, has a tidy explanation. One post breaks it down as a quirk of California's six-month grace period for new cars. Under that rule, a driver can run a freshly bought vehicle without plates for a stretch. The legend of a tech billionaire above the rules turns out, on this account, to rest on a paperwork gap that was open to anyone buying a car in the state.