a stator for an electric drive , includes a stator housing configured in the form of a stack of laminations and having a stator bore . the housing is surrounded by a cooling jacket and has opposite winding end portions . tubular insulators abut the bore - confronting inner surface of the winding end portions , whereby the tubular insulators bound respective cavities in concert with end faces of the stator housing and the cooling jacket for receiving the winding end portions , with the cavities being filled with insulating casting material .