Electric machine (10; 30) for providing drive power, in particular for driving motor vehicles, comprising: - a stator assembly (12; 32, 34) comprising a plurality of coils (18; 38, 42; 50, 52), - a rotor (14; 44) which is rotatably mounted relative to the stator assembly (12; 32, 34) and can be driven in at least one direction of rotation by a magnetic field of the coils (18; 38, 42; 50, 52), - a plurality of control units (20; 46, 48; 54, 56) electrically connected to said coils (18; 38, 42) for driving said coils (18; 38, 42; 50, 52) and supplying electric current to generate said magnetic field, each of said control units (20; 46, 48; 54) being associated with a respective one of said coils (18; 38, 42) and adapted to independently drive and independently supply electric current to said respective coils (18; 38, 42), - wherein the electric machine (30, 36) further comprises a superordinate control unit which is connected to the control units (20, 46, 48) and controls the control units (20, 46, 48) accordingly, wherein the stator assembly (12; 32, 34) comprises a plurality of stator teeth (16; 36), wherein the independently driven coils (18; 38, 42; 50) are each disposed on a different one of the stator teeth (16; 36), and characterized in that the independently driven coils (18; 38, 42; 50) are magnetically coupled and disposed on the stator teeth (16; 36) such that a common magnetic flux (29, 47) passes through them, and the control units (20; 46; 48, 54) are configured to oppositely drive the magnetically coupled coils (18; 38, 42; 50) in such a way that the coils (18; 38, 42; 50) form opposing magnetic fluxes so that the individual magnetic fluxes which together form the magnetic flux (29, 47) are opposed and thus cancel the magnetic flux (29, 47) partially. - a stator assembly (12; 32, 34) comprising a plurality of coils (18; 38, 42; 50, 52), - a rotor (14; 44) which is rotatably mounted relative to the stator assembly (12; 32, 34) and can be driven in at least one direction of rotation by a magnetic field of the coils (18; 38, 42; 50, 52), - a plurality of control units (20; 46, 48; 54, 56) electrically connected to said coils (18; 38, 42) for driving said coils (18; 38, 42; 50, 52) and supplying electric current to generate said magnetic field, each of said control units (20; 46, 48; 54) being associated with a respective one of said coils (18; 38, 42) and adapted to independently drive and independently supply electric current to said respective coils (18; 38, 42), - wherein the electric machine (30, 36) further comprises a superordinate control unit which is connected to the control units (20, 46, 48) and controls the control units (20, 46, 48) accordingly, wherein the stator assembly (12; 32, 34) comprises a plurality of stator teeth (16; 36), wherein the independently driven coils (18; 38, 42; 50) are each disposed on a different one of the stator teeth (16; 36), and characterized in that the independently driven coils (18; 38, 42; 50) are magnetically coupled and disposed on the stator teeth (16; 36) such that a common magnetic flux (29, 47) passes through them, and the control units (20; 46; 48, 54) are configured to oppositely drive the magnetically coupled coils (18; 38, 42; 50) in such a way that the coils (18; 38, 42; 50) form opposing magnetic fluxes so that the individual magnetic fluxes which together form the magnetic flux (29, 47) are opposed and thus cancel the magnetic flux (29, 47) partially.