Yeah, I got misled by the title too. I thought this was the first Model 3 that actually was "bricked".
To the OP, here's some context to what "bricked" means specifically for EVs (and Tesla specifically). The word was loaned from the software context you mentioned, but in an EV the meaning is that the HV battery is completely dead from being overdischarged (and can't be easily recoverable without extreme methods like disassembling the pack and doing manual trickle recharging module by module and try to salvage some).
Tesla Battery Failures Make ‘Bricking’ a Buzzword
In this article appears this statement
"Tesla’s corporate blog explained the fail-safe provisions of the new model this way: “A Model S will not allow its battery to fall below about 5 percent charge. At that point the car can still sit for many months. Of course you can drive a Model S to 0 percent charge, but even in that circumstance, if you plug it in within 30 days, the battery will recover normally.”
Was that actually implemented for the Model S and has it been implemented for the Model 3?
I ask because I am out of the country for months at a time. While I can leave the vehicle plugged in, if power is somehow lost I do not want to return to find I have to pay for a new battery.