A drive device for a motor vehicle includes an electrical machine which is operatively connected to a transmission device via a drive shaft. The transmission device has at least a first and a second planetary stage and a differential stage. Each planetary stage includes a planet set having a plurality of planet gears, the planet gears being rotatably arranged on a planet carrier and meshing with a sun gear and with a ring gear. The second ring gear has external teeth which mesh with internal teeth of a ring gear cup fixed to a housing in a stationary manner.