Personal electric vehicle

A method of assembling a frame for a personal electric vehicle, comprising:

• a) assembling a safety cage defining an occupant interior by attaching together a plurality of tubular members, the plurality of tubular members including at least two left pillars having lower end portions positioned along a left side of the occupant interior and at least two right pillars having lower end portions positioned along a right side of the occupant interior spaced laterally apart from the left side;
• b) positioning a floorpan adjacent a bottom of the occupant interior, the floorpan having a floorpan left side adjacent the lower end portions of the left pillars and a floorpan right side adjacent the lower end portions of the right pillars;
• c) after (b), fixing a left inboard surface of each left pillar to the floorpan left side and fixing a right inboard surface of each right pillar to the floorpan right side for securing the safety cage to the floorpan.