A stator for an electric machine, the cylindrical stator (4100, 108) comprising: an elongate core having an end face and an opposing end face, the elongate core adapted to internally receive a rotor (106, 306) of an electric machine; wherein the elongate core defines a substantially cylindrical inner volume that includes teeth, and wherein the teeth define slots to receive conductive windings; a conductive winding carried by the elongate core and comprising a plurality of coils (4104a-c, 4106a-c), each coil (4104a-c, 4106a-c) defining a loop that extends axially through the elongate core, exits the core through the end face at an exit location, and re-enters the core through the end face at a re-entry location, each coil (4104a-c, 4106a-c) spanning a distance on the end face between its exit location and its re-entry location, and wherein the conductive winding being arranged as: a first winding comprising coils in a concentric winding configuration and coils in a lap winding configuration; and a second winding comprising coils in a concentric winding configuration and coils in a lap winding configuration, a third conductive winding comprising coils in a concentric winding configuration and coils in a lap winding configuration, wherein the first conductive winding, the second conductive winding, and the third conductive winding are electrically configured to operate collectively as the three-phase (A, B, C, a, b, c) stator winding, characterized in that the plurality of coils (4104a-c, 4106a-c) comprises a first subset of the coils (4106a-c) that is arranged in the lap winding configuration, wherein each coil (4106a-c) of the first subset spans a distance on the end face between its exit location and its re-entry location that is substantially equal to the distances spanned by each other coil (4106a-c) in the first subset, a second subset of the coils (4104a-c) that is arranged in the concentric winding configuration, wherein each coil (4104a-c) of the second subset spans a distance on the end face between its exit location and its re-entry location that is unequal to the distance spanned by any other coil (4104a-c) in the second subset, wherein the concentric-wound coils (4104a-c) in a winding all have a first number of turns, and the lap-wound coils (4106a-c) in the same winding all have a second number of turns, and wherein the second number of turns is unequal to the first number of turns, and wherein the slots in the stator do not all carry the same number of coil axial sections. an elongate core having an end face and an opposing end face, the elongate core adapted to internally receive a rotor (106, 306) of an electric machine; wherein the elongate core defines a substantially cylindrical inner volume that includes teeth, and wherein the teeth define slots to receive conductive windings; a conductive winding carried by the elongate core and comprising a plurality of coils (4104a-c, 4106a-c), each coil (4104a-c, 4106a-c) defining a loop that extends axially through the elongate core, exits the core through the end face at an exit location, and re-enters the core through the end face at a re-entry location, each coil (4104a-c, 4106a-c) spanning a distance on the end face between its exit location and its re-entry location, and wherein the conductive winding being arranged as: a first winding comprising coils in a concentric winding configuration and coils in a lap winding configuration; and a second winding comprising coils in a concentric winding configuration and coils in a lap winding configuration, a third conductive winding comprising coils in a concentric winding configuration and coils in a lap winding configuration, wherein the first conductive winding, the second conductive winding, and the third conductive winding are electrically configured to operate collectively as the three-phase (A, B, C, a, b, c) stator winding, a first winding comprising coils in a concentric winding configuration and coils in a lap winding configuration; and a second winding comprising coils in a concentric winding configuration and coils in a lap winding configuration, a third conductive winding comprising coils in a concentric winding configuration and coils in a lap winding configuration, wherein the first conductive winding, the second conductive winding, and the third conductive winding are electrically configured to operate collectively as the three-phase (A, B, C, a, b, c) stator winding,