Fact:
Cantin is
a Certified
Engineering
Technologist and
volunteers as a
mentor, working
to facilitate job
placement for
immigrants with
engineering backgrounds
within
the Canadian
job market.
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He is responsible for managing the
design team, production rollout, and
maintenance hand over of the battery
electric bus models. His team has
worked to make battery-electric buses
signifi cantly more energy-effi cient than
diesel and diesel-hybrid buses.
He continues to lead a design team responsible
for the development and continuous
improvement of several energy
storage systems, proprietary high-power,
high-voltage charging systems, vehicle
charging interfaces, electric propulsion
drive systems, hydrogen fuel systems,
hydrogen fuel-cell systems, and cabin
heating systems paving the way for a full
battery-electric product family, including
hydrogen fuel-cell range-extended
battery buses.
PAUL CANTIN JOINED NEW FLYER AS
a senior designer in 2007. With Cantin
at the healm, New Flyer developed the
battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE bus in
2012, which utilized many of the components
he originally worked to simplify
and electrify for other propulsion designs.
In his initial role, Cantin worked to improve
hydraulic-powered systems, making
them more reliable, effi cient, and easier to
install and service. Th is design would play
an important role in the development of
effi cient electric-bus propulsion.
In the beginning, one of his major
projects was in accessibility, working as
a senior designer to develop the single
stage 1:6 slope self-contained drop-in
Xcelsior wheelchair ramp.
His next large project was to develop
the Xcelsior XN60 CNG fuel storage
and fi lling system, fundamental to the
high-capacity 60-foot bus. Th e team
cycle tested the energy guide system
responsible for carrying high-pressure
natural gas across an articulated joint
and validated the associated roof structure
durability through a full-life, entire
bus shaker table test.
“Try to understand the “why” or the context behind why
current systems are the way they are. If you are developing new
products or systems, you need to understand the story behind
the incumbent product ... With a full understanding of the
systems you are working to improve upon and how they came
to be, you can make day-to-day decisions that are grounded
in the understanding of what you are truly trying to achieve.”
Paul Cantin, C.E.T.
Project Leader,
New Product
Development
New Flyer of
America Inc.
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