Electric motor, comprising: a rotor with a first number of permanent magnets (101, 102, 103, 104), wherein each permanent magnet encompasses a first sector; a stator with a second number of pole feet, wherein a coil is wound around each pole foot of the second number of pole feet, and wherein a pole foot encompasses a second sector that is smaller than the first sector, wherein a first group of coils (301, 302, 303, 304) is electrically connected via a first star point, wherein a second group of coils (321, 322, 323, 324) is electrically connected via a second star point to be conductive, wherein the second star point is electrically insulated from the first star point, wherein a coil of the first group of coils (301, 302, 303, 304) is arranged between two coils of the second group of coils (321, 322, 323, 324); and a controller for applying drive signals to the first group of coils (301, 302, 303, 304) so as to provide the rotor with a torque with respect to the stator, and for applying a control signal that differs from the drive signals to at least one coil (321, 322, 323, 324) of the second group of coils (321, 322, 323, 324), wherein each coil of the first and second groups of coils comprises two connections, wherein one connection each of each coil is connected to the first and the second star point (311, 321), respectively, wherein the respectively other connection of each coil is connected to a controllable switch (401, 403), wherein the controllable switch (401, 403) is configured to, as a function of a control signal of the control, connect the other connection of each coil to a positive reference potential, a negative reference potential, or a ground potential, or to switch the same into a no-load operation, and wherein the controller is configured to connect the coils of the first group either with the positive reference potential or the negative reference potential or the ground potential in a first interval, and to switch at least one of the coils of the second group into the no-load operation in the first interval, or to connect the coils of the second group either with the positive reference potential or the negative reference potential or the ground potential at a later second interval so as to exert a torque to the rotor in the second interval. a rotor with a first number of permanent magnets (101, 102, 103, 104), wherein each permanent magnet encompasses a first sector; a stator with a second number of pole feet, wherein a coil is wound around each pole foot of the second number of pole feet, and wherein a pole foot encompasses a second sector that is smaller than the first sector, wherein a first group of coils (301, 302, 303, 304) is electrically connected via a first star point, wherein a second group of coils (321, 322, 323, 324) is electrically connected via a second star point to be conductive, wherein the second star point is electrically insulated from the first star point, wherein a coil of the first group of coils (301, 302, 303, 304) is arranged between two coils of the second group of coils (321, 322, 323, 324); and a controller for applying drive signals to the first group of coils (301, 302, 303, 304) so as to provide the rotor with a torque with respect to the stator, and for applying a control signal that differs from the drive signals to at least one coil (321, 322, 323, 324) of the second group of coils (321, 322, 323, 324), wherein each coil of the first and second groups of coils comprises two connections, wherein one connection each of each coil is connected to the first and the second star point (311, 321), respectively, wherein the respectively other connection of each coil is connected to a controllable switch (401, 403), wherein the controllable switch (401, 403) is configured to, as a function of a control signal of the control, connect the other connection of each coil to a positive reference potential, a negative reference potential, or a ground potential, or to switch the same into a no-load operation, and wherein the controller is configured to connect the coils of the first group either with the positive reference potential or the negative reference potential or the ground potential in a first interval, and to switch at least one of the coils of the second group into the no-load operation in the first interval, or to connect the coils of the second group either with the positive reference potential or the negative reference potential or the ground potential at a later second interval so as to exert a torque to the rotor in the second interval.