[oil pan 4]

I do think like 4x4 or awd too, it seems like it's either always breaking or broken when needed or some part of the AWD or 4x4 system is in the way of something else that needs to be worked on.

40 miles per day from solar panels on an EV is sky high over optimistic, anyone one who tells you that is hopelessly optimistic and likely a math illiterate. That would take at least 10kwh, to harvest 10kwh per day in new Mexico you would need around 1.5 to 2kw of panels. That exceeds the total surface area of the car, to include windows and wind screen.

Potentially you could buy $1,500 worth of panels, get about 3kw of capacity which I'm is the minimum amount of use able capacity. But you still need racking, grid tie in which is varying from electricity provider to electricity provider and state by state.
In new Mexico they make it very difficult, effectively impossible to connect something you build your self to the power grid, with out detailed insider knowledge.