A drive device has an electric motor having a rotor, a rotor shaft rotatable by the rotor, a ring magnet which is rotatable during the operation of the electric motor and having at least one North pole and one South pole, a hall sensor oriented to the ring motor, the ring motor being rotatably supported at a distance from the rotor shaft near the rotor shaft, and a drive wheel arranged on the rotor shaft, the ring magnet being in a driving connection with the drive wheel, the drive wheel having a diameter which is a greater than a diameter of the ring magnet.