An electric motor for driving a vehicle flap is provided, the electric motor including a hollow-cylindrical shaped stator made of a permanent-magnetic material and arranged coaxially to a motor axis, a motor shaft disposed coaxially with the motor axis and at least partially within the stator and mounted for rotation relative to the stator about the motor axis, and a drive rotor disposed within the stator and mounted on the motor shaft and including a plurality of coils for driving rotation of the motor shaft relative to the stator about the motor axis. The electric motor includes a braking rotor disposed in the stator, mounted on the motor shaft along the motor axis adjacent the drive rotor, the brake rotor being magnetisable by the stator. Use of the electric motor for driving a vehicle flap and to a method of manufacturing the electric motor is also provided.