Maybe you've heard some ad or read a press release hinting at the Honda's less-than-impressed view of electric vehicles (EVs). If you have, the phrase "near-future technology" used in association with plug-in vehicles should be at least vaguely familiar.

Don't take it the wrong way, Honda is very pro-environmentally friendly car production. Honda has been recognized as the country's Greenest Automaker by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) for the fifth time in a row.

Honda just has extremely high standards when it comes to environmentally-friendly technology. In essence, the company believes the definitive goal of…