Drive device for an electric vehicle , having: - a stator which is configured to generate a rotating magnetic field and has: - a stator core which extends along a longitudinal axis and in which a multiplicity of slots arranged in the circumferential direction are configured, and - a stator winding which occupies a plurality of winding zones in the slots , wherein, in a cross-sectional plane that is perpendicular with respect to the longitudinal axis , each winding zone is subdivided by way of a centric radial division into a first side and into a second side ; wherein - the stator winding has a number N of phases (U, V, W) and a number 2·P of poles, and the number of slots is 2·P·N·q, where q ≥ 2, and each winding zone extends across at least q+1 of the slots , wherein P, N and q are natural numbers, wherein - each winding zone is radially subdivided into first to L-th layers (32a-f) which are designated according to their sequence in the radial direction, wherein the layers (32a-f) configure first to (L/2)th double layers (33a-c), wherein the i-th double layer (33a-c) comprises the (2i-1)th and the th layer (32a-f) for all 1 ≤ i ≤ (L/2), wherein L ≥ 6 and is even, wherein L and i are natural numbers, and - a converter device for converting magnetic energy of the rotating field into a rotating output movement of the drive device , wherein the converter device has - a rotor which, with the stator , configures a rotating electric machine such that the rotor is able to be set in a rotating rotor movement which, as a function of the rotating field, selectively has one of two opposite rotation directions, and - a transmission portion which is configured for transmitting the rotating rotor movement to the rotating output movement , characterized in that the converter device has one of the two rotation directions of the rotating rotor movement as the preferred rotation direction , wherein the second side follows the first side along the preferred rotation direction , and each winding zone occupies a smaller cross-sectional area of the slots on the first side than on the second side . - a stator which is configured to generate a rotating magnetic field and has: - a stator core which extends along a longitudinal axis and in which a multiplicity of slots arranged in the circumferential direction are configured, and - a stator winding which occupies a plurality of winding zones in the slots , wherein, in a cross-sectional plane that is perpendicular with respect to the longitudinal axis , each winding zone is subdivided by way of a centric radial division into a first side and into a second side ; wherein - the stator winding has a number N of phases (U, V, W) and a number 2·P of poles, and the number of slots is 2·P·N·q, where q ≥ 2, and each winding zone extends across at least q+1 of the slots , wherein P, N and q are natural numbers, wherein - each winding zone is radially subdivided into first to L-th layers (32a-f) which are designated according to their sequence in the radial direction, wherein the layers (32a-f) configure first to (L/2)th double layers (33a-c), wherein the i-th double layer (33a-c) comprises the (2i-1)th and the th layer (32a-f) for all 1 ≤ i ≤ (L/2), wherein L ≥ 6 and is even, wherein L and i are natural numbers, and - a converter device for converting magnetic energy of the rotating field into a rotating output movement of the drive device , wherein the converter device has - a rotor which, with the stator , configures a rotating electric machine such that the rotor is able to be set in a rotating rotor movement which, as a function of the rotating field, selectively has one of two opposite rotation directions, and - a transmission portion which is configured for transmitting the rotating rotor movement to the rotating output movement , <EOS>