Stator for an electric machine and electric machine for driving a vehicle

A stator for an electric machine, wherein

• the stator has a distributed stator winding having a number N of phase windings, a number P of pole pairs and a stator core, in which slots are
• formed, wherein the stator winding is arranged in the slots;
• wherein
• the stator core is divided into 2×P×N winding zones which follow each other uniformly in a circumferential direction;
• wherein
• the stator core has a large number of recesses which extend in an axial direction from a first end face of the stator core to a second end face, which is opposite the first end face, of the stator core;
• wherein
• the recesses form at least one arrangement of recesses which follow each other in a circumferential direction and at least two recesses of the arrangement belong to one of the winding zones;
• wherein
• each pair of recesses which are adjacent in a circumferential direction and which belong to the same winding zone has a first angular spacing in a circumferential direction relative to each other;
• wherein
• each pair of recesses which are adjacent in a circumferential direction and which belong to different winding zones has a second angular spacing in a circumferential direction relative to each other;
• wherein
• in at least one arrangement the first angular spacing and the second angular spacing are different so that the arrangement is in the form of a non-uniform arrangement.