Apparently in the spirit of offering help, the auto manufacturer tried to utilize weather altering technology in sunny Mexico.
Actually VW used special cannons to prevent hailstorms.
However, as the saying goes, "every good deed must be punished", or something like that: The locals sued because unhappy farmers say it caused drought.
Apparently the luckless company installed something called hail cannons, which aimed to disrupt the hail and actually prevent it from ever forming in the sky in the first place.
The cannons fire shockwaves into the atmosphere to prevent the formation of ice stones that had been damaging finished vehicles parked outside its production facility.
According, to a group of local farmers was not only did VW stop any hail falling, but they stopped any rainfall happening in the area as well, which particularly affected the farmers during what was supposed to be Mexico's rainy season.
And that is a No-No if you are farming.
The lawsuit is recent and has not been tested yet and at the moment they don't know if other factors causing or contributing to the untenable situation.
VW is concerned as this plant is the largest outside Germany. The company wants to protect the cars outside the plant from any hail damage and reduce its costs with that. But it also needs to keep the local community happy.--- And that's will not be easy.
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