The plant will produce both a standard and hybrid version of the vehicle to supply the North American market

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on hand for the announcement on April 29, 2019. The Cambridge Toyota plant will start producing the latest Lexus NX crossover models in 2022. Aastha Shetty/KitchenerToday

1 / 1 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on hand for the announcement on April 29, 2019. The Cambridge Toyota plant will start producing the latest Lexus NX crossover models in 2022. Aastha Shetty/KitchenerToday

A major automotive announcement came out of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada in Cambridge on Monday.

Starting in 2022, TMMC will build the latest Lexus NX crossover models.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this is a great day for Toyota, for Cambridge, and for Canada.

"Toyota is reaffirming its long term commitment to Canada with a significant investment."

The Lexus NX and NX hybrid will be produced at the Cambridge plant, supplying the entire North American market.



"The Cambridge plant will produce the new Lexus NX, and state of the art NX hybrid right here, supplying the entire North American market," said Trudeau.



Toyota will have extra capacity at the plant after announcing in March that it would shift production of the hybrid RAV4 SUV in Cambridge to its plant in Georgetown, Kentucky.



Last year, the company committed to invest $1.4 billion in its Cambridge and Woodstock plants in Ontario. The federal government committed $110 million to support the investment.



BREAKING: Toyota Canada announces that it will start building the Lexus NX starting in 2022. https://t.co/bfd2Sv4TOe — 570 NEWS - Kitchener (@570NEWS) April 29, 2019

At the Toyota plant in Cambridge for a major announcement, believed to be for new Lexus SUV production lines. PM Justin Trudeau will be here. This event comes one month since Premier Doug Ford was at this same plant, denouncing Trudeau for his carbon pricing plan. @680NEWS pic.twitter.com/N1b2qlWtvi — Mark Douglas (@Douglas680NEWS) April 29, 2019

** With files from The Canadian Press **