The invention relates to an electric drive for driving a motor vehicle, said drive comprising: a housing assembly 10; an electric motor 3 having a motor shaft that is designed as a hollow shaft 9, can be rotatably driven about an axis of rotation A and that is connected to a drive wheel 14; a gear unit 4 comprising at least one gear shaft 15, which can be rotationally driven by the drive wheel 14, and comprising at least one output shaft 36, the output shaft 36 extending through the hollow shaft 9. A ring channel 62 is formed between the hollow shaft 9 and the output shaft 36, said channel comprising a first orifice 63 facing the gear unit 4 and a second orifice 64 that is remote from the gear unit 4. The housing assembly 10 has a lubricant geometry 67, 68 designed to conduct lubricant into a first orifice region of the first orifice 63 of the ring channel 62, such that the lubricant can flow through the ring channel 62 to the second orifice 64.