Govt changes safety rating system for cars and trucks, making it tougher to score at the top

High safety scores now harder for trucks and cars

Helicopter carrying crew filming driverless Audi test run crashes on Pikes Peak, injuring 3

Helicopter filming Audi test crashes on Pikes Peak

Number of Americans killed on roadways falls to lowest level in 6 decades

US highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950

Number of people killed on roadways falls to lowest level in 6 decades

Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950

Toyota’s Prius hybrid becoming louder to warn pedestrians in response to safety worries

Prius gets sound option to protect pedestrians

NHTSA: New technology can prevent tractor-trailer truck rollovers, save over 100 lives a year

NHTSA: New technology can prevent truck rollovers

Southern California commuter train system to unveil new crash-resistant passenger cars

Calif. train line to unveil crash-resistant cars

GM, China partner launch EN-V concept car, rethinking the automobile for greener future

GM’s EN-V concept car: auto redo for green future

Tesla says loss of engineers in crash was hard, won’t derail plans to launch Model S in 2012

Tesla: engineers’ death won’t derail new model

No smoking circuit for Toyota, but recalls put spotlight on auto industry’s use of electronics

Toyota’s crisis puts spotlight on auto electronics

3 Tesla employees killed in small plane crash that sets homes ablaze in N. Calif. neighborhood

3 Tesla workers die when plane hits N. Calif. home

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AP Top News at 11:49 p.m. EST

Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

AP Top News at 11:42 p.m. EST

AP Top News at 11:42 p.m. EST

Toyota woes mount as Prius recall considered

AP Top News at 11:35 p.m. EST

AP Top News at 11:35 p.m. EST

Outgunned Taliban mounting tough fight in Marjah

AP Top News at 11:14 p.m. EST

AP Top News at 11:14 p.m. EST

Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building